pickI think everything has been said about this book. 😢💔😡 surely we can do better as societies.
I‘m using for #bannedbook #booked2020 as it was banned in lots of prisons (surprise, surprise). I am surpassing my expectations in the NF choices recently, damn Litsy!
squirrelbrain You‘ll be a non-fiction-nerd before long! 4y
GingerAntics Welcome to our NF nerd party!!! I‘m really not surprised this was banned in prisons. Our country (as in many countries) prisoners aren‘t even treated as citizens. I think it was in Michigan, the state attorney said she would not file charges against prisoners who committed crimes against other prisoners. That just blew my mind. So basically, prison in Michigan is a lawless subsociety. 4y
TrishB @squirrelbrain it will be one a week at this rate! 4y
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TrishB @GingerAntics incarcerated people seem very disposable ☹️ 4y
GingerAntics @TrishB We certainly act like they are. Get beat up, get raped, we don‘t care. We won‘t protect you or hold the people who hurt you responsible. It‘s like we only care if a prisoner is killed. I guess as long as we can keep you in there, everything is fair game. If we can‘t keep you in there because someone killed you, now we‘re upset. 🙄 It ridiculous. It‘s inhumane. People come out with PTSD and all sorts of problems and we claim they earned it 4y
TrishB @GingerAntics it doesn‘t seem to be getting better either. Although, went to a public lecture with my daughter on prisons and green spaces in Norway (the prisons not the lecture) they seemed to be doing some fantastic things using gardens, allotment space and people being able to see gardens and trees and the impact that has on mental health. 4y
GingerAntics @TrishB absolutely. It‘s amazing the little changes Norway and some of the other Scandinavian countries are doing with prisons and prisoners. They‘ve actually had to CLOSE prisons because they don‘t have enough prisoners (mainly repeat offenders) to fill them. They‘ve turned some of them into hotels. It‘s really amazing what happens when you treat prisoners like people. What a radical idea, treating people like people. 4y
TrishB @GingerAntics if only everyone was that radical! 4y
GingerAntics @TrishB right? It reduces crime and makes society better, but we‘re too busy punishing people to actually treat people like human beings. It‘s pathetic. 4y
Cinfhen Look at you #NFnerd 🤓I still need to read this one 💔 4y