Beneath the Bond: Unraveling Secrets in Andrew Miller’s My Guys
I asked Bo Hammock, the regional chaplain for the Florida DOC, why it’s so difficult to recruit volunteers.
“They don’t think it’s possible; they’re afraid to, or they think we should lock up these people and forget them.”
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When someone mentions prisons or incarceration, I think about Toby, who gave up his chance to be Treasurer so Santo could have it. I picture Lisbeth putting on a bra and tying a shoelace with one hand. I remember Damien, Clarence, Devon, Leroy — and others — who had the guts to talk about being physically, sexually, and emotionally abused as youngsters. And Anthony, who never has visitors from the Free World.
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