Rant.

The population in prison is not a dispenser of justice.

It's a predatory zone.

The crime committed to gain admittance is irrelevant to the inmates' future.

kudos to LanternWaste for saying it better than I can:

"a prisoner will get raped or beaten depending on who he is and what he can do, not on what he was convicted of."
<snip>
"Regardless of what he was convicted of, if he doesn't know how to take care of huimself,
he's either dead or someone's girlfriend before long."



Rant off.

Good night.

when Ronald Reagan was re-elected.

ranting kind. I am sorry for whatever makes this cause close to your heart. Our prison and judicial system suck. I have seen it from both sides. It is mind-numbing and heart-wrenching.

but, who the hell am I?

Most of those high profile offenders will be just another shark in the tank.

Every inmate gets the rough justice.

I'll try not to read that type of thread in the future.

Thank you, Tuesday Afternoon

You live in the same world as I do
But somehow I never noticed
You before today
I'm ashamed to say

Beautiful people
We share the same back door
And it isn't right
We never met before
But then
We may never meet again
If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me
I would run and take all your hands
And I'd gather everyone together for a day
And when we gather'd
I'll pass buttons out that say
Beautiful people
Then you'd never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in everything you do.

Beautiful people
You ride the same subway
As I do ev'ry morning
That's got to tell you something
We've got so much in common
I go the same direction that you do
So if you take care of me
Maybe I'll take care of you

Beautiful people
You look like friends of mine
And it's about time
That someone said it here and now
I make a vow that some time, somehow
I'll have a meeting
Invite ev'ryone you know
I'll pass out buttons to
The ones who come to show
Beautiful people
Never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in ev'rything you do
He may be sitting right next to you
He may be beautiful people too
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you...

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown
somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me
Back down on my knees

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

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