What a week? I always receive so many blessings daily in
this storm, and this week
was no different.
President Obama published a survey and new rules on clemency/
commutation of sentences. The survey was on our computer,
and of course I applied.
This system is broken, and the President and Eric Holder
understands this. Will
I be sitting at the table with my children and
grandchildren, and the rest of my family
this holiday? It is
always a possibility. See, the thing is,
you never know what God
has in store for you, so therefore how I spend my days is by
being right with the people
around me, remaining positive, and busy, and capturing
everything that comes my way-
I don't know what is for me or not.
Mother's Day is a
very big week in prisons throughout the country, and it is no
different in Danbury.
Most of the population are Mothers and Grandmothers. There is
usually a big meal, a special dessert, and even a movie played
just for mothers here.
Where are the children and grandchildren, and how are
they? That's the question.
Because Mothers/Grandmothers are in here on this day, who is
doing Mother's Day dinner
for 200 families/many children and grandchildren? That is what the feds never considered.
There is a serious domino effect to having a parent or
grandparent if that is your support
system, being locked up.
The New York Times posted statistics recently that said children
with at least one parent in prison is 6 times more likely to
end up in prison themselves.
The same article talked about how each America that is
paying FICA/federal taxes pays
about $260 a year in taxes to keep the $80 Billion dollar
prison farce going. This is not
about community safety, and it surely is not about
rehabilitation. If you do not have the
drive to rehabilitate yourself, then Hip-Hop Atlanta,
Housewives, Scandal, and several
other shows become your world of reality in here. I don't blame the women that escape
the pain of missing their children by pouring hours into the
big screen televisions we have
here. I feel their
pain, and everyone deals with it differently.
It is just that
because 25% of all Americans are convicted felons and America is
definitely a prison Country, I would like for it to do
better- we are supposed to be so much
better, especially on Mother's Day.
My Mom is gone- Fellas, if your Mom is living, give her a
hug today.
For you mothers
out there, Happy Mother's Day, and I would like to serenade you-
"Be glad that
you are free, cause many a man whose not, be glad that what you had
ain't what you got."
That is Prince/Roger Nelson/The Artist, or whatever his name is-
I loose track, but this Sunday, cherish your freedom and
time with your children/grandchildren,
cause thousands of women are in prison, missing their
children, and mothering on the
telephone.
Rhonda Turpin
May 7, 2014
Danbury Prison Camp
author, publisher, prisoner
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