Hi Pam -I have a whole different take on prisoners and prison systems. We can't judge anyone unless we know their story, and even when we do, we rarely know their whole story.

Allow me to itroduce to you, one of the most wonderful writers on Medium, and now a dear friend of mine. He's served time in maximum security. He's also turned his life around , got himself a degree, and now visits prisons and prisoners to help them. https://medium.com/the-ascent/6-life-lessons-i-learned-from-being-in-prison-77daa709fd83