So, as I type, 60 Minutes is on. They are reporting on some prison in Colorado ("the Harvard of prisons" as it was described). It is called Supermax. It is home to the worst of the worst- including terrorists and murders. The cells are small, they are in them for 23 hours of the day, the windows are covered, they have to earn exercise, they get a tiny 12 inch B&W TV, and they only get approved mail and one call a month.
60 Minutes is trying to make this seem cruel. Most cruel, the fact that US Citizens have never seen pictures of this place. Are you shitting me, 60 Minutes??? The brutality of isolation is what should be happening??? 4 suicides have happened and 3 murders since 1993? Bye! Does anyone give two shits if that moron who tried to blow up a plane with his shoe can't get mail? Is feeling lonely? The only point they made that was worth the whole segment was that it is sadly, understaffed. How can one solve this?? Keep the bastards in their cells for 24 hours! They watched 9/11 on their TVs and cheered. What would you prefer, 60 Minutes, rehabilitation?
Life is full of choices. And all choices have consequences. You choose not to do your homework- you fail. You choose to eat too much Hagen Daaz- you put on weight. You choose to take away the rights of others in a violent and cruel manner- you don't get cable! You don't get Rocky Mountain fresh air! You don't get calls! And you don't get to go outside and play!
Only 32 minutes until America's Next Top Model. Hopefully, that won't get me more fired up!
Thank you and good night.
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