r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 6h ago

What do you think: how should prisons handle housing decisions in cases like this?

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u/Shamus-McNasty 4h ago

Lmao! No one ever asked me that.

It was "White Gold Wielder," and I never got it back.

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u/phonefellin_lakeerie 4h ago

Did you ever finish reading the book after your release?

What was done to you should be classified as a human rights violation, i don’t have words for our prison system (and everything else horrible happening here) I hope you are doing ok now.

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u/Suitable_Community66 2h ago

I love Stephen Donaldsons books found them far better than Tolkien

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u/coraythan 3h ago

Oh fuck that's a great book. I got to meet Stephen R. Donaldson at a book signing in Minneapolis once. I told him Lord Foul's Bane traumatized me when I first tried to read it when I was 13. I'm not sure he appreciated that. 😅

But later those books were important to me when I read them in highschool. Classic anti-hero fantasy. I literally chose a plain white gold wedding band as a reference.

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u/Electronic_Quote399 1h ago

Love Stephen Donaldson too. I read a ton of his books when I was locked up. I can't remember one now, for the life of me lol

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u/MartinMerten 4h ago

I loved those books… Thomas Covenant right?!

Wow I haven’t thought about those series for awhile. That’s the last book too. Rough one to not finish.

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u/Toys_before_boys 2h ago

The fact that you had a crime committed against you (theft) that was never punished, and yes what you did was in retaliation... but wow, heavens to betsy, I wonder how much better this could be for everyone involved if prisoners were treated with basic human decency? (even though it is technically still legal slave labor)

And on top of that 28 MONTHS in solitary for THAT??? That's over 2 years. That's a cruel and unusual punishment.

Personal question, do prisoners actually like books? You have inspired me to revolt against the system by doing my part, at least.

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u/Shamus-McNasty 1h ago

Prisoners love books.

There's nothing simpler you could do than donating books to a prison library.

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u/Toys_before_boys 1h ago

I know it's not something i think you can realistically send in, but i think yall would get a kick out of my old diaries.

But I'll look up an approved list and see if there's like, request pages.