"Then they throw you in their cells,
"To share their private hells."
Ah, prison. Why do we imprison more than any other? Is it because no place else so disapproves of unhappiness? Or is it because we are so interested in reform? Or is it simply because we have so many people in need of sharing their own private torment.
There are evil among us who say jail is none too harsh - that both the guilty and innocent must suffer. Yet who is guilty and innocent in God's eyes? Is the prison guard who laughs at a prisoner's rape innocent? They say many things to you when you first enter prison, but all they truly say is, "Welcome to my hell."
"Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons."
- Richard Wright
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