tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post3295157795086314826..comments2024-03-25T10:42:07.958-04:00Comments on BAD LAWYER: MSNBC's "Locked Up"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post-75554392543772089352011-04-18T16:37:37.099-04:002011-04-18T16:37:37.099-04:00Gayle--
You hit the nail on the head, my friend. ...Gayle--<br /><br />You hit the nail on the head, my friend. I think your comment inspired my post about Roger Pellmann, a Milwaukee, Wi physician who's paying an unbelievable price for trying to provide pain relief and therapy to one patient. It causes me psychic pain to think of him in custody.<br /><br />BLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259536411307951411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post-32071247742088220612011-04-18T11:19:17.859-04:002011-04-18T11:19:17.859-04:00The Washington Post had an editorial today--an all...The Washington Post had an editorial today--an all-too-brief one--about the necessity for prison reform. We have more people locked up in this country than anywhere in the world. The fact that people like you, BL--non-violent, thoughtful people who are no risk to society--have had to undergo this ordeal points to a fundamental sickness at the heart of our society. Our capitalist society--because prisons are big business. Many people seem to think that most prisons are run by the government. This is not the case--the prison system is a for-profit business that employs a lot of people in areas where manufacturing and other industries have died. So it's in the interest of many, many communities to keep locking up as many people as possible. This is a moral crisis in our society, it seems to me, which is brought on by an economic one. When we stop using prisons to veil the economic breakdown of our society, maybe we can face some hard truths and start climbing out of the mess we're in. Locking up people for minor, non-violent offenses isn't doing anything but feeding a beast that's eating us all alive.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386287173627131778noreply@blogger.com