Comments on: Twenty-Three Thanksgivings in Prison

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:52:27 +0000

It takes a strong, well devolped person to be able to count his blessings as well as Thanksgivings in prision. I can’t imagine the numbness you do encounter on a daily basis, since your long sentence. Judging from your dedication to blogging, I know you are one of the truely deserving ones of a release. I wish you well, and many joys on your next fee Thanksgiving.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:53:12 +0000

I really admire your ability to remember the things and the people you are thankful for in such a hard time. I can’t imagine spending that many years away from my family, but it is great to see that you are able to stay strong. It is in hard times where we need prayer and family the most and sadly, it usually takes a hard time to make you realize just how important these people are to you.

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:42:55 +0000

I still can not grasp how non-violent criminals can be locked up so long, altho I think we all would agree the so called “white collar thieves” need to repay/pay for destroyed lives. I just don’t know where to start the whole system over-whelms me. So I blog, post relevent links, but it seems so small compared to the problems.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:03:43 +0000

I can add that my son is in a state prison in California and the waste affects the federal tax dollars as well as the state tax dollars. Jobs in prison are a joke and do nothing to train our men and women to have any kind of successful career after prison. My son is lucky because he is smart and is working his own program to just as you do. Others will be back because prison breaks down our men and women to a child like state. Have you thought about it that way? You are told when to wake up, when to eat, when to play and when to watch TV or use the phone. It becomes easy for many. Punishment? Not really. The punishment is the removal from family but for many men and women prison becomes the life. We wonder why recidivism is so high. We break these people and they commit new crimes often because they don’t know how to live outside of the walls of prison. We do not train them; we do not fix those who can be fixed. All we do is break them more. WE ARE A PRISON NATION and obviously our people are the worst in the world according to our prison number statistics so why are we trying to fix other countries?