Whilst doing the normal Christmas thing today I remembered an article I read in the Guardian a couple of days ago, on prisoners writing poetry. Reading their poems, I see a particular resonance in their words, especially at this time of the year - a time when you take so many things for granted; your family around you, your friends, food on your table, and above all, your freedom.
At the same time, it is deeply depressing to realise that so many people are denied these things and that much of society is happy to throw away the key and let them rot for all eternity. I'm not religious, but it seems many people who claim to be Christian, don't seem to practice that very Christian act of forgiveness. Perhaps even worse, people seem so stupid not to realise that just locking people up doesn't solve the underlying reasons why they committed crime in the first place.
Hopefully if people read poems like these, they might change their narrow views at least a little bit, but I hardly think the Daily Mail will be in a rush to publish them.
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