RISE, A Modern Guide for the Purpose Driven Woman Spring 2014 | Page 50

population control are employed.
Taking all your possessions, not
being able to view your reflection in a mirror, taking even
your hairtie, wearing an identical
uniform to everyone you interact
with, having authority figures
in control wearing matching
uniforms and badges, isolating
inmates from general population on a “TB hold”...all these
things lend to institutionalizing
a person. It breaks you apart
from your identity and makes
you easier to control. Essentially,
this is the “breaking” of you.
Like housebreaking a dog, except
these are people.
Many will read this and think,
so what? These are criminals. I
don’t want them to have anything. Sadly, truth be told, the
vast majority of people I ran into
in jail have had life long drug
abuse problems. Those issues
aren’t being fixed in a standard
setting and the system is simply
completely broken. With most
jails becoming private money
making businesses worth billions of dollars, the conditions
and lack of justice will only
continue to get worse. Profits
will be wru