http://liblit.org/2008/02/26/prison-poetry/ A Journal of Art and Issues from Mainstay Press Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://liblit.org/2008/02/26/prison-poetry/#comment-522 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:10:01 +0000 http://liblit.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-522 I sent ‘The World We Make’ by Angel Torres to my Lover, who is incarcerated in Pennsylvania. Thank you all for your poetry and stories. Keep writing…

]]> http://liblit.org/2008/02/26/prison-poetry/#comment-173 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:13:48 +0000 http://liblit.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-173 The poems are very touching and are things tha happen in real life and shows me the all of you prisoners have changed for makeing wrong choises in life to making right choises in life keep your head up and joy will come soon things happen in life for a reason. Show all the people that that you was not going to maked that they are wrong.

]]> http://liblit.org/2008/02/26/prison-poetry/#comment-166 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:28:14 +0000 http://liblit.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-166 I read your piece Part 1 and 2. You ask how can one truly accomplish different levels of growth in life without being taught the necessary skills to deal with the past and the illusion of society that the prison system is a place of rehabilitation. It’s all a lie, correctional systems are utilized to warehouse people like livestock. The criminal justice system lacks empathetic views of individual cases. They have failed and are failing a multitude of people that deserve a chance. In theory recidivism rates would decrease if people were properly assisted to be equipped and exit society with the tools to succeed the system wasn’t created for success. I was once told by a criminal justice professor if I obtained a degree in criminal justice I would have job security. See someone has to be the bad guy so society can be alleviated from the responsibility of how they fail people. They fail to realize that all men/women can change. I wrote a piece on that once……. I empathize with you and the situation your are in but being a humanitarian one thing I do know is they can’t kill your hope and dreams they try but your fiction can become reality. Obstacles may be present but obstacles are meant to be overcome! Recidivism will reduce when society realizes we are all directly and indirectly impacted by the massive number of people behind bars. Strangely enough people don’t become aware of the injustices until it hit homes. I don’t think your an animal. I believe you are a winner thru and thru. Unfortunately prison won’t be the place where you can spread your wings. Just wanted to let you know I feel ya.

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