This is a heart warming, but all-too-rare kind of story, particularly given the dysfunctional nature of our prison system.
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This is a heart warming, but all-too-rare kind of story, particularly given the dysfunctional nature of our prison system.
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You write “our” prison system as if there were a prison from which all prisoners emerged with bourgeois attitudes, Christian morality, and Protestant work ethic. The system can be changed (decades of reformers have shown that), but the results vary insignificantly.
Well, when we call it the “prison system” we’ve already stigmatized it. We should re-brand it, perhaps calling it the “prison experience” or some cute phrase involving jail or lock up. We could also try to find a better class of “guests”. The ones we got ruin the whole neighborhood.
At the link, I felt compelled to write:
“Darn it, Mark Twain and Will Rogers are gone, and somebody needs to make a cheap shot, so:
Mr. Hopwood started out as a child with a bright future, then fell into bank robbery, and has has since descended into law.”
It got a chuckle. 😀
We could also try to find a better class of “guests”. The ones we got ruin the whole neighborhood.
I can think of many people – currently employed at various levels of government – that would be suitable for a long term prison experience. I don’t know if they’d be considered a better class of convict compared to what we have now, though.