Found this via Brea Grant’s blog. It’s a good song, and the rest of the album is pretty good. You can get the album, Re-arrange Us
(PS. Don’t forget to watch Brea Grant on Heroes in a few weeks, and check out other books and music she likes over at Coolspotters. And, no, I’ve got no connection to her, business or otherwise. Just a fan since I saw her on Friday Night Lights.)
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This is why we need oversight and shouldn’t privatize some things (law and order, for example).
Most guys don’t think about this enough to understand the subtext. It’s not an excuse, just an observation.
This is unbelievable in a lot of ways. The headline made me wonder if the judge had some novel argument, but after reading the details, it’s clear that she’s ignoring what the law actually says.
This is depressing. The issues are complicated, but the limited sovereignty that Indian tribes enjoy are a big part of this.
This is pretty horrendous. The report from HRW only interviewed around 200 prisoners and was non-random, so it’s hard to draw too much conclusive about prisoners statistically, but the anecdotal evidence is serious enough to warrant further investigation. The report looks to be dated (from 2001?) but I can’t imagine things have gotten a ton better.
This is the intro to that report.
I’ve been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one. When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I’m a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics. And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time. I’ve had knifes at my head and throat. I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn’t ever think I’d see straight again. One time when I refused to enter a cell, I was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking
up with my cell mate. There is no supervision after lockdown. I was given a conduct report. I explained to the hearing officer what the issue was. He told me that off the record, He suggests I find a man I would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from happening. I’ve requested protective custody only to be denied. It is not available here. He also said there was no where to run to, and it would be best for me to accept things . . . . I probably have AIDS now. I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I’ve laid down without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in struggles, ripping and tearing. Though in not fighting, it caused my heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive myself for.
It would suck to get sent to one of these prisons because you took the Costco approach to buying your last baggie of weed or something. One of the side-effects of making more things felonies is that you put non-violent offenders in with toughened criminals. One of many things wrong with our justice system, I think.
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