So true, your opening sentence: "Prison's are trauma factories." I don't think most people in free society (citizens, lawmakers, politicians) realize that fact. And if they do, they simply don't care. They are too wrapped up in the idea of punishment to see how the prison life that most inmates experience once inside ultimately affects us all negatively in the long run. I am happy that there are those of you who can find your way above all of that despite the awful and oppressive environment which you must live in. In the very least, we could do so much better at providing mental health services and addiction therapy to inmates. It's very difficult to work on our outsides when we are having too many battles on our insides.
So true, your opening sentence: "Prison's are trauma factories." I don't think most people in free society (citizens, lawmakers, politicians) realize that fact. And if they do, they simply don't care. They are too wrapped up in the idea of punishment to see how the prison life that most inmates experience once inside ultimately affects us all negatively in the long run. I am happy that there are those of you who can find your way above all of that despite the awful and oppressive environment which you must live in. In the very least, we could do so much better at providing mental health services and addiction therapy to inmates. It's very difficult to work on our outsides when we are having too many battles on our insides.