#prison ment

[mindflamer]

original by cultivatingboldspaces (she/her)

[dragonomatopoeia]

continuing thoughts i've been having on twitter. you would think that horror games would be more sympathetic to incarcerated people and treat prisoners with more dignity because of the foundational setting of 'helpless individual is confronted with a force that fundamentally Does Not Care about them and is boundlessly cruel as a result'.

However, because we live in a carceral state that misattributes agency and fundamentally views prisoners as bad actors who 'Chose Badly', the essential foundation of empathy for them as protagonists simply isn't there. Rather than being viewed with compassion as individuals that have been exploited and mistreated by a system stacked against them, they are viewed as stock villains who Chose to Do Evil

[traumasuggestion]

your sick experiments will go no further. i hope you die in prison.

[walterdecourceys]

can u bail me outta prison babe

yeah give me a sec to burn the prison down that's the fastest way

[spookybeast]

theskaman

replied to your post

“fuuuck may is almost over fuuuuuuuuuuuck i have to go to court in like...”

If you help put this scumbag away you're preventing him from doing that to anyone ever again. If that helps :/

yeah, it actually does help a lot!

part of my problem r/n is i can’t decide whether i want to try to forgive him, or hate him with the fire of 1000 burning suns.

like i’m sure there are a multitude of things that happened in his life that brought him to that point, and i really pride myself on being understanding and empathetic, but on the other hand he took something precious from me, something i’m not sure i can ever get back, and idk if i can forgive that.

i can’t trust people the same anymore, i’m not comfortable and confident in my own skin how i used to be, i can’t be independent because i’m crushed by crippling fear. i used to feel powerful in myself and now i realize that i’m fragile and weak, and idk if i can forgive him for that.

ANYWAYS tl;dr i’m fucked up and idk what i’m doing. at least he’ll be going to jail though i guess. i’d be more comforted if i knew he was gonna go through rehabilitation and counselling instead of just being released back to the general public in 2 years

[intomay]

Z T S J!

Z. HOW ARE YOU?

I’m okay thank you :3 a little tipsy, a little hungry, a little cross at my bad internet connection - but on the plus side, it snowed a little today and I’m very excited for seeing a friend at the end of the month

T. AGE I GET MISTAKEN FOR.

Urm, idk. I frequently get asked if I am in fact 18 when I want to buy alcohol, but I reckon I look about my age. (21)

S. A RANDOM FACT ABOUT MYSELF.

My favourite colour Jelly Bean is green, Jelly Baby is purple, starburst is yellow

J. WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GET OLDER.

A forensic psychologist. If not that, then I want to get into the criminal justice system, and I want to work with offenders.

A forensic psychologist is basically a psychologist working with criminal offenders - so, as a therapist for them, or as a profiler, or helping to uncover motive and drivers for criminal behaviours, helping to try and prevent re-offending, working in courts and on parole boards. I’d wlike to be clear, i dont want to “try and find out what makes a cirminal tick” - I want to change the way the CJS views offenders. I want to help them, both psychologically, and to work within the system - and to help the system treat them more fairly. Especially as mentally ill people, disadvantaged people, and minorities often end up behind bars unduly, or when prison is an unhealthy environment for them and does not in any way help them. Oh man I rambled sorry.