Because no matter how things really are it's important not to offend anyone, even if that means they have to die.
It's true that most of us didn't really watch the MSNBC documentary series Lock-up. But most of us did watch a little of it 'cause it's hard not to stop when you see a bunch of guys in in Orange jump suits.
Now it didn't take long for us to figure out in prison things suck and people kill each other and Black prisoners and White prisoners and Hispanic prisoners tend to kill each other and mostly stick to there own kind.
But we got a problem with words. We can't have the word segregation anywhere, because words are bad. We already know this because we said so.
San Quentin State Prison in Northern California, one of the last forms of legalized segregation will come to an end.
In a case that went as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, California's
prisons must begin racially integrating their cells this month.
Integration goes against an unwritten code of conduct among San Quentin
inmates, which says they must never communicate with other races.
"We have the whites and they're not even allowed to talk to blacks,"
said Officer Jamie Allejos, who watches over inmates in San Quentin's B
Block. "We've got guys who get beat up just for talking to another race
or sharing food with another inmate." according to ABC.
This should be a good show. Who ever thought this one up is going to make a killing on ticket sales.
The irony is this was all started by a 1995 lawsuit filed by a black inmate in California who claimed being
segregated infringed upon his rights. The case eventually made its way
to the U.S. Supreme Court, which handed it down to a federal mediation
court. Both sides agreed to integrate the cells.
...nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
It's true that most of us didn't really watch the MSNBC documentary series Lock-up. But most of us did watch a little of it 'cause it's hard not to stop when you see a bunch of guys in in Orange jump suits.
Now it didn't take long for us to figure out in prison things suck and people kill each other and Black prisoners and White prisoners and Hispanic prisoners tend to kill each other and mostly stick to there own kind.
But we got a problem with words. We can't have the word segregation anywhere, because words are bad. We already know this because we said so.
San Quentin State Prison in Northern California, one of the last forms of legalized segregation will come to an end.
In a case that went as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, California's
prisons must begin racially integrating their cells this month.
Integration goes against an unwritten code of conduct among San Quentin
inmates, which says they must never communicate with other races.
"We have the whites and they're not even allowed to talk to blacks,"
said Officer Jamie Allejos, who watches over inmates in San Quentin's B
Block. "We've got guys who get beat up just for talking to another race
or sharing food with another inmate." according to ABC.
This should be a good show. Who ever thought this one up is going to make a killing on ticket sales.
The irony is this was all started by a 1995 lawsuit filed by a black inmate in California who claimed being
segregated infringed upon his rights. The case eventually made its way
to the U.S. Supreme Court, which handed it down to a federal mediation
court. Both sides agreed to integrate the cells.
...nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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