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| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:33PM | | | | Prison Deform: FictionthatMatters | Tags: hwang sok-yong, khet mar, susan rosenberg, jose dalisay, prison, human rights, prison writing, jackson taylor, pen world voices
| | | Don't write about it...
We do not like to talk about prison. We look the other way when we drive by the barbed wire, change the subject to something brighter (something more 'free'), or mutter a thanks to the system when certain kinds of criminals are incarcerated (the 'bad' kind).
Do not be alarmed: we are meant to fear prisons. They are supposed to serve as a deterrent against breaking the law. They are also meant to punish criminals, or restore them, and the state has taken full responsibility for accomplishing these aims. Right?
But it's more complicated. Some people are imprisoned for their political beliefs, others for crimes precipitated by structural inequalities, and some entirely by accident. Suddenly we're... | | | | | |
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