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Most Obvious Indications You're Losing Your Mind In Prison
1. When you start waking up each morning feeling eager to start the day.
2. When, on a regular basis, you walk out of the chow hall with a feeling of satisfaction.
3. When the medical personnel are able to convince you that regardless of the extent of the injury or ailment, an ibuprofen will correct the condition.
4. When you're able to sit back & say to yourself, "you know something, I could get used to this." Then it dawns on you that you already have.
5. When you've grown certain that a female guard has the hots for you, because she happened to say good morning as you walked by.
6. When your monthly visit to see the psych doctor becomes a very much anticipated event.
7. When you're seeing the psych doctor in the first place.
8. When the idiotic chatter from your fellow prisoners - that has driven you nuts for the past 20 years - suddenly all begins to make sense.
9. When you take a quick glance at the gain-time sheet the guard just handed you, and you realize you missed your release date.
10. When you're able to convince yourself that your life in prison is so interesting that you decide to write a book about it.
[Hand-drawn maze covering the whole page with START written on the left side of the page and END written on the right side of the page.]
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I write these words thinking of the invisible suffering that lies behind prison walls.
Many inmates carry with them serious mistakes, but also stories of poverty, loneliness, and lack of opportunity.
Punishment alone rarely truly changes a person.
Prisons should be places where people learn to rebuild their lives.
Through education, work, and listening, an inmate can regain dignity and responsibility.
Offering a chance for rehabilitation also means protecting society, because those released from prison should be able to return as better citizens.
A truly humane justice system doesn't limit itself to punishment, but always seeks ways to offer rehabilitation.
Best regards
Alberto from Italy