Choosing Prison

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I was just watching a segment of the television series, “Sunday Morning,” and an insightful clip came on related to Alcatraz.

It seems that each year a reunion of former guards and former inmates and their families takes place. Of course, with the passing years fewer and fewer guards and inmates attend, since the last 27 inmates left the prison in 1963, and time is taking its toll.

This past year may well be the last reunion, since only 3 guards and 2 inmates made the trip. In an interview, “Mr. Brown,” one of the two inmates who attended, uttered the most poignant statement.

“I was an angry man.

… until

I came to the realization that I CHOSE this place. As a result of my actions I chose prison.

And not being able to blame society and the system anymore

… suddenly all my anger disappeared!”

If only more of our offenders and prison inmates would come to that same realization.

 

By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 14. Volumes 1-15, Copyright 2015.

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