prison Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/prison/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:23:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Imagine the Worst Prison https://smthingscount.com/2019/11/07/imagine-the-worst-prison/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:12:15 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8558 What is the very worst prison imaginable? In today’s Thursday Thought quote, Pope John Paul II tells us. “The worst prison would be a closed

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]]> For Our Kids–Arm Everyone https://smthingscount.com/2019/09/23/for-our-kids-arm-everyone/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:26:10 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8443 I’m all for having armed guards in every school.  In fact, they should be anywhere children gather.  That includes churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques; Scout

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]]> They Don’t Deserve Teeth https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/25/they-dont-deserve-teeth/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 17:05:25 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7323 If you’ve ever had your insurance company deny paying for a procedure because it wasn’t “a medical necessity,” read this article. Apparently, Texas doesn’t understand

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]]> Doing the Time for the Crime https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/25/doing-the-time-for-the-crime/ https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/25/doing-the-time-for-the-crime/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:17:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7027 You did the crime, now do the time!  We’ve all heard this.  St. Paul probably heard it , too, ‘way back in Biblical days, when

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/25/doing-the-time-for-the-crime/feed/ 2 Hearing Loss: A Double Imprisonment https://smthingscount.com/2018/04/13/hearing-loss-a-double-imprisonment/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:45:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6782 Imagine having hearing problems.  Now imagine you’re in prison.  And there’s nothing to help you hear anything that’s going on.  Which excludes you from much

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]]> Your Story https://smthingscount.com/2016/10/27/your-story/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:07:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5248 You may think of yourself as just a regular person.  But, as today’s Thursday Thought quote points out, you may be vastly more important than

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]]> How Much of Life Changes https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/02/how-much-of-life-changes/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:48:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4345 Imagine that you were on another planet for 44 years and then came back to earth.  How much would have changed?  How would you adapt?

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]]> Profitable Prisons https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/02/profitable-prisons/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:33:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4179 Who has contributed in excess of $10 million in the last 16 years to politicians and spent almost $25 million to lobby for their interests?

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]]> Children in Adult Prisons https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/06/children-in-adult-prisons/ Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:45:10 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3925 Kids in adult prisons?  Yes, in 2013 there were 6,000+ in the U.S.  These kids have few appropriate services or support as they experience sexual

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]]> Charlston: Peaceful Closure https://smthingscount.com/2015/06/22/charlston-peaceful-closure/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:05:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3893 It’s amazing: families of the people shot to death in a Charlston, SC church, during Bible study, are saying they forgive Dylynn Roof, the killer.

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