As an "old-timer" in prison…
It is very sad when I see young men in their late teens or early twenties coming into the system, especially when they have long sentences that stretch across decades.
I think the gang scene is all fake. It's a big lie. These guys kill each other over meaningless territories, over gang colors, or for some other ridiculous reason.
It takes no brains or skill to point a gun at another person and pull the trigger. Yet they took a life thinking it would bring them respect. Men would get more respect, in my opinion, if they were to lead productive law-abiding lives rather than trying to become Killers and Thugs.
To me, a man with an education is smarter and stronger than a fool with a weapon in his hand. Those who have been drawn to gangsterism have been deceived. They are running down a road that leads to misery and death.
Once a judge pounds his gavel down and says, "twenty-five years,” it's over for that person. Some of these men, however, when the prison doors slam shut behind them, do wake up to this truth; but it is too late.
D.B.
I think the gang scene is all fake. It's a big lie. These guys kill each other over meaningless territories, over gang colors, or for some other ridiculous reason.
It takes no brains or skill to point a gun at another person and pull the trigger. Yet they took a life thinking it would bring them respect. Men would get more respect, in my opinion, if they were to lead productive law-abiding lives rather than trying to become Killers and Thugs.
To me, a man with an education is smarter and stronger than a fool with a weapon in his hand. Those who have been drawn to gangsterism have been deceived. They are running down a road that leads to misery and death.
Once a judge pounds his gavel down and says, "twenty-five years,” it's over for that person. Some of these men, however, when the prison doors slam shut behind them, do wake up to this truth; but it is too late.
D.B.