An island conveniently hidden on the subway maps by a neat little frame with informations.
An island from which you can see La Guardia Airport on one side, and Randalls Island, full of children playing on the other side.An island with about 13 000 people living, and 10 000 working...
We start a discussion group over there this Wednesday, our house is going back to its roots :)
Rikers Island, where everything started.
I hope that one day the penal system will take care of its offenders, giving them an opportunity to get their lives back together instead of sending them to a little cage on an island for a few years, hoping they'll get out at peace with the society who cut them from whatever they had left of a normal life....
2 comments:
Thanks for checking out my bad poetry.
Your blog is interesting, I'm still trying to figure you out. Newly married, romantic wedding, prisoners?
Are you a social worker?
.. well I'm trying to figure it out myself, hence the blog... :)
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