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| After Dannemora: Inmates need interaction with outsiders despite the risks |
| By syracuse.com- Bob Cowser Jr. |
| Published: 07/13/2015 |
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The other night, I re-watched "The Farm," a 1998 documentary about the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. Often, when I re-watch a film, I track a new character, and this time it was "Bones" Theriot, an older white man, a rat-faced Cajun dying of lung cancer. You got the sense he was the heart of the place, and lots of younger men, black and white, came to the infirmary to say farewell and hear some final words of wisdom from a man who seemed to harbor no resentments and had the respect of everyone, inmate and staff alike. "Nobody likes prison," he said to the camera, oxygen tubes in his nose, then coughed. "But you're not dead just because you're in here." What touched me this time was the sense of community. If you don't keep an eye on people, I thought, before you know it, they'll start caring about each other. They're not dead just because they're inside. Read More. |
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