Even the best laid plans to help victims of sexual exploitation fall short when they are executed under the auspices of criminal justice and state control.
#massincerceration #panopticon #policestate
https://www.texasobserver.org/refuge-ranch-sex-trafficking-survivors/

I love #jazz saxophonist Frank Morgan's recordings from after he got out of prison. Prison is a cage where we lock up monsters, but his playing is infinitely gentle. People should take personal responsibility for substance abuse as a conscious choice (not a disease like cancer), and Morgan also committed property crimes to support his habit. But when an artistic voice like his is locked away, it's a brutal wake-up call about the failure of Richard Nixon's "war on drugs."
#massincerceration