I was reminded of this quote when a book was returned to me this morning. The second sentence is, to me, very rich in meaning, very relevant.
‘Many prisoners find themselves stuck within a present that seems to go nowhere, with little to lose and little to look forward to, waiting for a future release that may never come or that, when it does, might not deliver the longed-for sense of freedom. They find themselves haunted by a past that cannot be undone and that may return obsessively to dominate the present and drain the future of hope.’
Lisa Guenther, Solitary Confinement: social death and its afterlives
Tags: prison, prison chaplain, Social Justice
In a dim light... 
June 16, 2018 at 7:24 am |
A powerful statement, especially in it’s ability to inspire compassionate awareness of the prison within the prisoner.