I could not believe my eyes...
I was walking down the main corridor this morning when, coming in the opposite direction, was Mack.
On December 4th, he was escorted to the "Box," as a result of some serious charges for breaking prison rules. As a friend, I cared about this man, and I was sad to see him hauled off to isolation. Many of the guys said that he might get up to one year in solitary.
Mack and I had our talks about God. He even went to the chapel once to watch a Christian movie, and he attended a few of our regular chapel services.
I thought I may never see Mack again. Now here he was coming down the long corridor. We're not allowed to stop in the hallways to hang out and talk. But we did stop for a handful of seconds to hug and greet each other. In our brief moment of conversation, Mack told me that he beat the charges that had been leveled against him.
Perhaps ninety-eight percent of the time, inmates are found guilty when they go to their disciplinary hearing. So this was a miracle! It is so rare that a prisoner, once he is charged with something serious enough to warrant going to solitary confinement as opposed to the normal disciplinary punishment of confining a man to his cell, to be found "Not Guilty" of all charges.
What happened to Mack is unheard of. Now he is out of a 23 hour per day cell confinement. And while he's no longer in my cellblock, at least he is still in the general population. I hope to see him again soon.
D.B.
On December 4th, he was escorted to the "Box," as a result of some serious charges for breaking prison rules. As a friend, I cared about this man, and I was sad to see him hauled off to isolation. Many of the guys said that he might get up to one year in solitary.
Mack and I had our talks about God. He even went to the chapel once to watch a Christian movie, and he attended a few of our regular chapel services.
I thought I may never see Mack again. Now here he was coming down the long corridor. We're not allowed to stop in the hallways to hang out and talk. But we did stop for a handful of seconds to hug and greet each other. In our brief moment of conversation, Mack told me that he beat the charges that had been leveled against him.
Perhaps ninety-eight percent of the time, inmates are found guilty when they go to their disciplinary hearing. So this was a miracle! It is so rare that a prisoner, once he is charged with something serious enough to warrant going to solitary confinement as opposed to the normal disciplinary punishment of confining a man to his cell, to be found "Not Guilty" of all charges.
What happened to Mack is unheard of. Now he is out of a 23 hour per day cell confinement. And while he's no longer in my cellblock, at least he is still in the general population. I hope to see him again soon.
D.B.
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