#re-integration

Tuesday Afternoon follows Jack Powers—who spent 33 years in federal prison for bank robbery—on his first day in the free world, traveling from a prison in Pennsylvania to a halfway house in New Hampshire, with stops along the way to visit his mother and scatter the ashes of his son, who died while Jack was behind bars. Co-produced by Solitary Watch and The New York Times. Director &…

Beyond Incarceration: Avoiding a Second Prison

I read up on the Yellow Ribbon SG Beyond Second Chances program in Singapore and realized that being in prison, even for a short while, has long-term consequences. Once released, ex-prisoners face a “social prison” in the community, especially if they are not given a second chance to lead a regular life after being incarcerated. The Yellow Ribbon SG (YRSG) program was established not only to…

The price of Russia’s war is too heavy for Ukraine to lift alone – report

@selfmedicatingmayor

    Brutus knew there were some other bars in the area rather than Skinny Dip. He wasn’t sure if he could face his old friends at the bar yet after two years. They all probably thought he was dead. He wasn’t ready to tell everyone what happened to him. 

    He quickly realized he still needed to find a job to provide for his sons. Bartending was one of the few things that he knew how to do that gave him a good wage. There was one bar in the area underneath a homeless shelter-- surely the owner must’ve been a good guy. With a pen in hand he went to the bar and beckoned over a bartender.

    Bruises and scars still littered Brutus’s body. Though his face was spared of almost any wound, there was still a clear ring of bruises around his neck. He smiled to the bartender though it covered up a wince.