Living with Shame

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I imagine you too have sat there…. you are in a public place and the other people in the room have no idea of the shame you feel with having someone inside.  You are polite and listen while beside you they talk about ‘naughty boys’ etc.  You know they don’t know what’s going on, and so you try to hold it together and get past the build up of emotions.  And sometimes the other part of you that just wants to cry out for them to stop threatens to take over.

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‘Nobody cares about inmates!’

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I listened politely as the middle-aged lawyer told me about the type of legal work they do. I knew the process he was talking about only too well. He didn’t know I knew or he might not have made the throw away comment  ‘Nobody cares about inmates’.

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Fighting at Mt Eden Prison

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The headlines say what you may have already heard from your loved ones.

You may have had difficulty believing the stories you might have heard.  It might be that you have had very little to do with prisons and cannot think that this might occur.  You may also have difficulty because you know all too well that fights occur in prison and that it is best not to believe it so that you do not worry about the safety of your loved one.

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