Re:School or Prison
by alsetmusic on Friday January 01, 2021 @09:34PM
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See if you can get involved in a community outreach program or similar.
A friend was in a therapy theater program that operated at San Quentin. They helped the prisoners write and act in theater pieces. At the end of the program, one of the prisoners, a lifer, told her that it had given his life meaning for the first time since sentencing. He'd been in for something like 15 years. I can't imagine how it would feel to find out you made such a difference for someone.
The US prison system is a terrible thing. That our society derives jokes about the atrocities within really shows the depravity of its citizenry.
A friend was in a therapy theater program that operated at San Quentin. They helped the prisoners write and act in theater pieces. At the end of the program, one of the prisoners, a lifer, told her that it had given his life meaning for the first time since sentencing. He'd been in for something like 15 years. I can't imagine how it would feel to find out you made such a difference for someone.
The US prison system is a terrible thing. That our society derives jokes about the atrocities within really shows the depravity of its citizenry.