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I have been quick to criticize the actions of some prison guards. But, I find it necessary and important to support them when they are the ones being mistreated.

“Prison education is a concept whose time has come. It is time to stop studying the issue and stop discoursing. It is time to start the ball rolling and do something about it.”

Those who have appreciated my editorial writing since the 1950s, as well as those who are disgusted by what I have to say, have often considered the above quote. Yet, here I am at age 88, still rushing in!

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I was going to edit this quote hoping to keep the word count down. I changed my mind. We, as well as our President, need to hear this...

My prayer must not be limited to individual prisoners. Stop to think about it. Also deeply affected by this incarceration are spouses, parents, grandparents, children, uncles, aunts, cousins…the list goes on and on.