Re:Too many prisons make people worse
by Cpoll on Saturday May 27, 2017 @10:31PM
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I'm also confused by how things went down. Can't you ask your lawyer to contact someone for you? And why did you lose your things - can't your son collect the items that were in your apartment and arrange for storage? Did you not have any savings put aside? I'm willing to believe the story told, but I'm curious about these points.
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Maybe there were no relatives living in the same city. Maybe living relatives are all estranged. Maybe they have their own catastrophic troubles which make it infeasible to help.
If not for this individual, then for others. Statistically, going to jail will cause severe dislocation and disruption at least some of the time. Fragile circumstance are fragile.