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20 years straight and that’s for every charge. So the barrel boys would
never get out – 20 years for each count of murder.
All to be reviewed after 20 years done, and if the Parole Board
recommends that one is to be set free, then release. And, of course, none
of this protection for anyone – all should be thrown in together.
People nowadays see jail as a joke. Jail these days no one fears and the
young don’t give a shit and wreck the system for they weren’t taught love
or care by their parents who sit around on drugs and alcohole every day of
the week and they themselves weren’t loved.
The whole justice system in this state really does need to be looked at. Jail
os going down hill pretty fast these days.Gangs are formed in society, safe
in numbers and the same is happening in this world. You saw how the
young are in here.
No caring or sharing, no love in their hearts. Not even a good word to say
about the world out there. Soon I see packs of youth running amok. Jail
used to be a deterrent but not anymore.
We are all crammed in here together, most cells built for one have two
beds in, no time-out space, overcrowded and officers have to try and keep
the peace.
I feel how one is treated in these places is how one gets out back into
society. The officers ain’t trained in mental health and some of these
people honestly shouldn’t be here. But the courts send them here not
knowing they need help not jail.
Going the way it is, jail is sliding into a very hateful place and people are
going to get hurt, rival gangs will clash, chaos everywhere. And me, I’ll
stillbe rowing my own boat in this ocean of heads.
The whole system needs to be looked at, from the courts to the prisons, to
the Parole Board, to society itself. I don’t have the magic answer but I do
have a few suggestions. But I’m only a prisoner with a number. I do have
21 years of jail experience and I do see the places that need to change. I
hope Mr P will be battling for me and maybe I can help from out there.
Meantime I’ll just sail on, my friend.
The system will get worse before it gets better. Rann’s ‘hard on crime and
lock ‘em up, rack-stack and pack ‘em’ is only uniting people, in here and
out there in that world.
Let’s see what he does in this four year term. Nothing except talk, piss and
wind – and a lot of piss and wind at that.
I and others are forgotten, left for years in the dark. The light is tunred on
every now and again and yes, we are still there, light off again, until the
next check.
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