Thank you. My buddy actually has a good public defender and judge this time around. The first time was awful on both counts. It actually makes a difference. Just further shows hows messed up it is. I hope things work out on your end too.
I’m sorry to hear about your brother. My friend said he’d rather be homeless than back in prison and we have cold winters here.
I remember when the reporting on the failures of the criminal justice system were not so close to home but when I witnessed it myself it was so much worse than what I imagined. Keeping in contact is the best thing you can do and when he’s out be prepared for it to not be over. I have another friend who is a public defender and given my friend’s age and history, he said he was surprised he wasn’t already locked up given the stats. That was weeks before we found out he was in prison.
Keep you head up because it can get better with the right support structures. It sounds like your brother has a thoughtful person in his life which can make all the difference.
I have a friend who is autistic and people have been taking advantage of his lack of social skills for his entire life. He is incredibly nice and couldn’t tell a lie, but very suggestible and lacks a lot of basic life skills. His dad is incredibly abusive and would kick him out of his house regularly leaving him homeless. When he tried returning his dad pressed charges on him for trespassing landing him on parole.
He stayed with me for a few months while he looked for somewhere he could afford to live and moved in with this lady who ended up being incredibly abusive. Because it was under the table she would hold eviction over his head if he didn’t do what she said. She stole his money, she forced him to get legally married, she forced him to buy her a car. It drained his bank account and when he started saying he couldn’t afford anything she would get her kids to beat him up. She would also threaten to call the police on him and one night after he was beaten and strangled she did call the police and even though she didn’t press charges the arrest violated his parole.
He spent 6 months in jail. As if this guy hasn’t had enough trauma in his life. It ruined him. He couldn’t make payments on phones and cars. He lost his housing and job. Some people took him under their wing recognizing he didn’t belong somewhere like that but he still received abuse from the guards and inmates.
After he got out we helped him get back on his feet. He divorced his wife and ceased contact. He got a new job and paid off his debt. He finally moved out last week into a place where the landlord rents to people like him in a low rent group living place. He’s got great roommates and a good therapist and is in a better place. He has come so far it is incredible to see.
Well about a month ago he was driving to work and he was pulled over and arrested on a bench warrant. His ex wife had refiled abuse charges against him. Mind you she constantly is trying to contact him despite her filing a restraining order against him and he has just blocked her on everything and is trying to start a new life. I cannot forget the absolute terror in his voice when I got his call from the station. He was panicking so bad begging me to come get him. He made it clear that it was not an option for him to spend another night there. The poor guy was so traumatized by 6 months in prison he couldn’t even imagine staying a night in a holding cell. I got their just in time to post his bond to which he immediately repaid and he just looked shell shocked for the rest of the night. The terror in his eyes I will never forget.
So thankfully he is doing well as of now. His public defender hopes they will get the case dismissed because there is no real evidence and we have character witness statements as well if needed.
To all of you who think that prison is something to take lightly? It’s not only disrespectful to me personally its gross and delusional. Having seen someone go through it, you could never convince me otherwise and I now support full abolition of prisons in place of rehabilitation. Yes obviously some people need to be separated from society but it doesn’t mean we treat them as inhuman.
If you disagree, you don’t understand prison. Prison is a place where they strip search you regularly, where they take away your identity, where you are forced to work for little to no reward. Where you are forced to eat nutritionally absent food that makes you sick. Very few humans deserve this kind of treatment and I think if you still feel the need to defend. Some of you need to apologize.
If you still feel like you need to defend your statements about prison, do not respond to this post. I don’t want to hear about it. Rather, you can address it here: https://writeaprisoner.com/
Fair enough lmao
Imagine peeing on any corpse. I dont think I could pee at all if a corpse was even in the vaccinity.
No one recognizes that tattoo as being a nazi tattoo. There are pictures of him, dancing, shirt off, tattoo exposed, at a relatives Jewish wedding. Classic Nazi behavior /s.
As far as fetterman goes, that was such a unique situation. There were much more obvious red flags with fetterman plus he had a stroke. People are so aware these days, I dont see it happening again.
Unless israel hits planter with the stroke ray he is obviously the best choice for maine.
If the biggest evidence for platner being a Nazi is a tattoo he got like 20 years ago in the military and something you cant remember then you should probably reconsider your point. Are you even following the campaign?
Do thry make them Mitt Romney style?
Never thought I’d live to see the day where they outlawed tricks smh