my entire childhood i was threatened with juvenile detention just for being a weird kid. the kids in my class would lie about me doing bad things, or be doing bad things and then i would get in trouble and my school principal said if i didnt 'show remorse' id end up in juvy. neighbors called the cops on me and my own mother wouldnt take my side. so no, i dont think prison is a valid tool for rehabilitation or justice. jail is a threat the people in power use to control us and get rid of people they dont like. get more prison abolitionist now. get more youthlib now. get more transfeminist NOW
I was scared to turn 8 because in my state that was the earliest age you could go to juvenile detention. I was frequently in trouble for reasons I did not understand (my mother apparently DOES NOT REMEMBER THIS AS SUCH) I was scared I'd screw up so badly I'd GO TO JAIL. AND I WAS SCARED TO TURN EIGHT BECAUSE OF IT. LIKE A FREAKING TIME LORD.
im sorry E I G H T
I thought it was nine but it can't have been nine bc something else happened when I was nine. So yeah, eight
thats TERRIFYING




