tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post850988230046400714..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: The Path to Prisonprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-41246004503006505252010-02-12T00:12:45.645+00:002010-02-12T00:12:45.645+00:00Maybe you could focus some of your writing on help...Maybe you could focus some of your writing on helping people - the average Jo/Joe - to understand what we can do to change the status quo. Here's why - I was burgaled in the summer: Family house - 2 adults 2 small children - came down to find the backdoor jammed open and laptop, phone, bag etc... missing. I was upset but I thought - well it was just a burglary, my children are fine and really - that's part of life - some poor kid who has his values mixed up found we were an easy target -nothing personal - but then the burglar logged onto my facebook account and left nasty messages posted under my ID - which suddenly made the whole thing personal and a bit spooky for your average housewife. I was genuinely shaken by it and by the media attention it received and the ridiculously mean comments from people about how stupid I was to leave a PC with saved usernames and passwords in my own house - under lock and key. Despite all of this - I do not think that a term in prison is what the young men who were caught and prosecuted needed. But by calling the police when we realised we had been burgaled, we set a process in motion that was unstoppable. We didn't have to appear in court and we did not press charges - and those young men are now in prison. So Ben - the energy and the interest you have stimulated - can you direct it somewhere so it can help? Apologies if you have covered this in a previous post. I've missed a few.VictoriaJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681284273135620076noreply@blogger.com