The real punishment lies in the repetition of years that wind themselves around consecutive decades. They are wound so tightly that the things that comprise life even for the most ordinary of people - birthdays, graduations, weddings, births, and deaths - are lost. The milestones marking one’s life become legal appeals, riots and lockdowns, and transfers to other penal institutions. However mundane, however punitive, this is life in prison. Life - what is life for the individual confined to a six-by-nine foot cell ?
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| — | Marshall Conway, Marshall Law |
