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Prisons do less to keep inmates from returning
“I can’t afford any more years up here — I’ve lost too many,” said Tatum, who is serving a four-year stint for forgery at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. “I’m trying to learn things to change my thinking, change everything about me, so I can go home. It’s so easy to get caught up here and never leave. I don’t want to die in prison.”~Gina Tatum
Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day- John Hannan
A quote from a John Hannan letter that I found interesting. Enjoy-
American Justice 2009
“We, as Americans, like to take pride in our sense of justice. We believe that no other country in the world does a better job of protecting the rights of its citizens. For 50 years I believed this myself; then…I was arrested.”
Dollars and Sense
“There is so much abuse of power and corruption here at MSP, it boggles the mind at where one would begin telling the story, but I will try!” -Anthel Brown MSP
Problems Treating Addiction in US Prison System
“Pharmacological treatment of opiate dependence is a proven intervention, is cost-effective and reduces drug-related disease and reincarceration rates, yet it remains underutilized in U.S. prison systems,”