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In response to: Senator Jim Webb takes on Prison Reform and Drug Policy

john brightman [Visitor] — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:58:03 +0000

HI
looks very interesting!
bookmarked your blog.
john brightman

In response to: Senator Jim Webb takes on Prison Reform and Drug Policy

Layne [Visitor] — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:22:49 +0000

It's certainly time to take a common sense look at this issue. People's lives have been ruined for decades and for what? Everyone with any intelligence at all can see that this war on drugs doesn't make sense. I know it's not "politically" correct to even bring this subject up but I applaud anyone with the brass to speak up for all of the people that they are suppose to represent. Keep it up and change this terrible law and get the reforms we need for the prison system. Politicians need to work for the innocent people that are being prosecuted in the name of the war on drugs.

In response to: Senator Jim Webb takes on Prison Reform and Drug Policy

William S. James [Member] — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:52:16 +0000

Hi Sharron,

Thanks for your heartfelt comment. Send me your blog info, and I'll put a link on my blog.

Criminals are criminals, but breakers of unconstitutional laws are simply prisoners of a culture war.

Thanks again for reading.

Bill

In response to: Senator Jim Webb takes on Prison Reform and Drug Policy

Sharron [Visitor] — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:34:47 +0000

Hello Senator:
I am the mother of one of those men in prison and I can tell you first hand that prison does not work. My son is in his second prison term. The first was in the state and this one is in the federal system. I see him becoming a product of his environment. He is currently taking classes, but I am paying for them. If he did not have family to help with costs he would not be able to take classes except a general GED. I know a number of his friends and they are all the same. Young men that got started on the wrong road who only find satisfaction in being "bad". They have no record of success at normal living. They have an idea that it can be done, but they do not have any tools to work towards doing things right. In prison they have no other option than to join a gang in order to survive. This perpetuates the gang mentality and reinforces the fact that the only thing they know and the only friends they have are all prison related. How could anyone think this can change? There are gangs in prison, drugs in prison, and every other manner of activity that you can think of and some you could not even imagine.

I don't know the answer, but I do know that it is not working. I have just started a blog that I hope will gain some input that I can send on to people who might have the decency to help try to change the system.