For those following along on the story of my "second son", Ant, I got a letter from him today. He's in Chino Prison for six months. He's in a two man cell which is only 10" x 8" and is not allowed out for anything...not even meals. They must let him out sometimes, right???
I feel bad for him. I know he got himself their by the choices he made but I can't help but feel very sad when I think of him in such a horrible place (Chino is not someplace you want to be no matter how "tough" you are).
The good news is: This could very well be his "bottom". He says he never, ever wants to be there again. We can only hope he means it this time.
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Sad it is, but choices is right. I only feel sad for people who are wrongly accused and in prison. Imagine how that must be.
I don't want to make anyone mad or sad, but I agree with justLacey. I am so thankful that we have places to lock up people who continually make choices that harm both society and put lives at risk. If that means spending thousands of tax dollars to feed and house people who commit crimes and that we all pay for the programs to help prisoners while incarcerated, I think it's money well spent. I love my brother like you love your son. He went through the revolving door of the criminal justice system while feeding his addictions. This is where the lifestyle gets you. A little time to think. It should be a place where no one wants to live. Career criminals feel comfortable in jail (so say the police). Hopefully, your son doesn't like it there. My brother didn't find being spit on by someone in a top bunk that enjoyable. This was one of the memories he has that keeps him straight today.
Some people's bottoms are lower than others, some bottoms are death, unfortunate. But here they refer to the jail system as "corrections". I met a man two days ago who had a $500,000.00 a year buisness with 47 employee's then got hooked on opiates, lost everything including his family and is now living at the Salvation Army. Bottom's often are low.
As sad as this seems to be locked up, he'll probably be safer that way. General population in Chino is really rough. I'm keeping Anthony in my prayers too.
Kansas Bob I agree that there should be some way to help them to pay for their incarceration. I think the younger you are when you first go to prison, the more chance you have of repeating the cycle over and over. It just sometimes gets easier to have someone telling you what to do when the choices you make on your own are not the right ones. It's hard to do the right thing sometimes.
Kansas Bob I agree that there should be some way to help them to pay for their incarceration. I think the younger you are when you first go to prison, the more chance you have of repeating the cycle over and over. It just sometimes gets easier to have someone telling you what to do when the choices you make on your own are not the right ones. It's hard to do the right thing sometimes.
I hope that he has hit his bottom. What a terrible place to be. Hang in there.
I hope that he has hit his bottom. What a terrible place to be. Hang in there.
There are different types of prisons. But the prison of the drug culture is the worst of them all. It is a prison of the mind. And if you don't break out you die. Your body builds up a tolerance to the opiates and eventually you need an overdose just to get high. You are in my prayers.
There are different types of prisons. But the prison of the drug culture is the worst of them all. It is a prison of the mind. And if you don't break out you die. Your body builds up a tolerance to the opiates and eventually you need an overdose just to get high. You are in my prayers.
It seems to me that all the money spent on the prison system could just as easily be spent on real rehab facilities. If someone is in prison for drug use alone for violating a previous drug charge, then I think sending them to prison is absurd. That is not rehabilitation, it just makes the problem worse in my opinion. Maybe they should take a couple fo the larger prisons and revamp them into real rehab facilites and make them mandatory for one year or something. Seriously, there are no true rehabilitation programs going on in the current California prison system. I hope he never wants to go back, becasue that is their idea of rehabilitating someone, making it so unpleasant they never want to go back.
It seems to me that all the money spent on the prison system could just as easily be spent on real rehab facilities. If someone is in prison for drug use alone for violating a previous drug charge, then I think sending them to prison is absurd. That is not rehabilitation, it just makes the problem worse in my opinion. Maybe they should take a couple fo the larger prisons and revamp them into real rehab facilites and make them mandatory for one year or something. Seriously, there are no true rehabilitation programs going on in the current California prison system. I hope he never wants to go back, becasue that is their idea of rehabilitating someone, making it so unpleasant they never want to go back.
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