prison

i have been slacking on doing my post the same day. oh well. that is just the way it is at the moment. my evenings have been filled with other thoughts.

we watched a comedy show last night where the comedian preformed in front of an audience of all female inmates. at the start of the show she was talking with some of the women. there was one woman that was sentenced to 145 years in prison, and she looked about 2o years old. it was really sad.

if you didn't know this about me, i do not believe in the death penalty. i do not think one (or more) deaths justifies another death. of course sentencing someone to 145 years is ridiculous. for me, the part that bugs me is... this idea that people are dispensable, unforgivable, unworthy, unworthy of forgiveness or unable to change. i am not saying that there are people out there that shouldn't be in prison for 145 years... but there is something flawed in the system. where is rehabilitation? where is change? where is the forgiveness? where is, working towards making things right? ... moving forward? ...making the imprisoned life 'worth' something?

i am grateful for not being in prison and knowing... 'that i am one bad decision away from being your cellmate.' we all are.