Kinlen was an unrelenting scourge of what he perceived as the official mindset that rules our prisons system. His view that "the obsession of some few in the Department [ of Justice] to adhere to the principle of POWER, CONTROL AND SECRECY is long established". The capital letters are his own, and illustrate a depth of feeling informed by decades of experience.
The segregation of prisoners in jail is important. It is a great mistake from every point of view to permit young prisoners who have lapsed for the first time to get into the company of those who are regular customers of our prisons.
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Kinlen was an unrelenting scourge of what he perceived as the official mindset that rules our prisons system. His view that "the obsession of some few in the Department [ of Justice] to adhere to the principle of POWER, CONTROL AND SECRECY is long established". The capital letters are his own, and illustrate a depth of feeling informed by decades of experience.
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