Prison...the ultimate state weapon...You too could inhabit a cell...

FROM WHENCE AND TO WHERE

In the land of nowhere
Jingle the keys of crime
Where overlord is jackboot
And enemy time
Future called empty
Suppression the King
Supine the body
Medication bell ring

Correction a mantra
A transient verb
Suppression the object
No argument heard
Crashing steel door
The song 24
Prisoner in shackles
down on the floor

Mother of Son
Not hers was the crime
Wife and the children
All do their time
Nine AM Sunday
A gathering crowd
Front of the main gate
All looking proud

Prisoner excited
Expectancies rise
Suddenly remembers
The sorrow in eyes
Visit a joy?
No, a passing event!
Capitalist toy now
Asunder to rent

diver

Sometimes Justice is so blind that the wrong person goes to jail, yet some are rescued.
Lynne Weathered,
My personal experience is that Justice isn't so much as blind but it has a symbiosis with an awful lot of callous parasites. Why not persecute an innocent when several others can gain from it by not having to be accountable for their actions which lead to the eventual condemning of the innocent ?

Lynne Weathered,

Thanks. You aimed at my compassion and got my contempt.

Your kind of discourse is academic and irrelevant.

Like that of fishes living in a glass bowl your horizon is limited.

A fish would quickly be dead if it jumped out of the bowl in the attempt of finding out what goes on within the bowl, looking at it from the outside.

The remedies you suggest are only as helpful as a change of water in the bowl.

Your article leaves three questions unanswered.

Why Civil and Criminal justice?

How comes that Police personnel have destructive weapons in their armory instead of medico-psychological qualifications?

How comes that Police kills more ‘innocent Civilians’ than ‘Criminals’ throughout the world?

DIVER DAN, Thank you.

...I can speak from extensive personal experience with the justice system. There are as many opinions as there are people on the subject, of which the author of this article is but one. In an elaborate way, she highlights the fallibility of justice system in Australia. Certainly, no social system at any level of life is without flaws. But , I am more than happy with personal outcomes through the courts, which at times included supreme court appeals. My arguments were, I believe, treated by the judiciary at all levels with consideration and respect, and sentencing was relevant to the crime.

...It has been my experience and observation, the most obvious problem with the justice system is the dislocation from reality emanating from the halls of the DPP. It is also my observation that in many instances the DPP inhibit good policing by overbearing imposition of authority, and confusing a goal of realistic outcomes with selfserving, career advancing motives. This weakness becomes the entry point for gross injustice outlined in the article. But I remain very confident in our system of justice, with all its faults. Overall, it is fair and contributing to a stable society

confident in our system of justice, with all its faults.
Diver Dan,
Of course our system is great in comparison to some countries. My point is that why is it that we recognise the problems but don't rectify them. I could appreciate when the problem isn't known that it would be difficult to address it. However, we appear to to know the problem but don't take any action. That's what the problem of the problem really is. It is that what destroys the lives of many, many good people & is the cause of much misery. The really sad fact being that it is so utterly unnecessary.