bella
11-07-2002, 10:12 PM
I got a letter from my honey for our PTO family and asked me to post it, so here it goes....
Dear David/Fed-x and the entire PTO family,
I'd like to start by saying hello to Fed-x and thanking him for the wonderful web-site he has created. (see the brilliant ideas one comes up with while incarcerated :)) Thank you for your patience and time in working to create a web-site that you had no guarantee would become what it has. As we say in Italy..."David sei grande"...which means "david you're big!". Again, I thank you. David isn't the only one who makes PTO possible, it's people like Shortie, Amelia, Monica Danielle, Sherri, KConnor, Pam, B-RAy, Budwoman, Phil in Parigi, my home girl Jd'swifey (love ya girl), Teb, Menolly, and the so many others who make up the "PTO Posse". You should all thank each other (as I know you do) for one anothers views, insight, ideas and knowledge. By continuing to first and foremost log on to PTO and also by continuing to get the word out and informing those who may need this wonderful website, there will continue to be support. From the inside looking out, I know and hear what society see and lables us prisoners as. We are parasites, misfits, scum of the earth. a threat to society, I can go on and on. But you know what...I can be openminded as to why people see us this way. I can especially expect it from the average US taxpayer. Prison is a big business. I'm sure we can all agree on that and spend hours discussing why it is. Let's just say we're a little part in a big picture; sociologically, politically and economically. It is a fact that "we" prisoners, of whatever state you're incarcerated in, are a benefit in continuing a vicious cycle. Especially when you're in a state like I'm in. Florida depends on it's prison system and residavism rate to generate money just as it does it's other 2 major businesses, tourism and citrus. How else can Florida generate money to build on Swamps and Marsh land? I will not go on about Florida, but again remember that the prison system as a whole is a business. The part I don't understand is why they use a 17 year old child (or younger for that matter) and sentence him to 40 years for dealing crack rocks, to prove their point? Where is the so called rehabilitation? It's a child being used as a pawn in a big game of chess. It's how the government shows Johnnie tax payer Look!! we're using your tax dollars wisely. Never caring that there's a human life at stake and the grief and tragedy it creats for their family. What I'm trying to say to you, my PTO family and friends, is that maybe, just maybe we can open peoples eyes by sharing with eachother. By sharing the stories of our trials and tribulations. By continuing to talk about love and hurt and what it is to want the best for your incarcerated loved one. We are not robots, We are people, human beings with a conscience. Unfortunately most of us in here have made mistakes that have led us to prison and we just need that one wake up call to change the way we live our lives. To have a happy future with the people and family who care so much about us. And most importantly to make it our business to never return to prison again. In our journey together, we can hope for the best, hope that we are a help not only to eachother, but to those who are just beginning a life involved with incarceration. To share our learned knowledge if only to save them a few tears, or ease some of their hurt. My days are more at ease knowing that Bella (my girl) can log on to PTO and relate with people who know exactly how she's feeling and what she's going through. I thank you for making my heart hurt a little less knowing that you , the whole PTO family, can be there for her when I can't. Again, I thank you.
Dear David/Fed-x and the entire PTO family,
I'd like to start by saying hello to Fed-x and thanking him for the wonderful web-site he has created. (see the brilliant ideas one comes up with while incarcerated :)) Thank you for your patience and time in working to create a web-site that you had no guarantee would become what it has. As we say in Italy..."David sei grande"...which means "david you're big!". Again, I thank you. David isn't the only one who makes PTO possible, it's people like Shortie, Amelia, Monica Danielle, Sherri, KConnor, Pam, B-RAy, Budwoman, Phil in Parigi, my home girl Jd'swifey (love ya girl), Teb, Menolly, and the so many others who make up the "PTO Posse". You should all thank each other (as I know you do) for one anothers views, insight, ideas and knowledge. By continuing to first and foremost log on to PTO and also by continuing to get the word out and informing those who may need this wonderful website, there will continue to be support. From the inside looking out, I know and hear what society see and lables us prisoners as. We are parasites, misfits, scum of the earth. a threat to society, I can go on and on. But you know what...I can be openminded as to why people see us this way. I can especially expect it from the average US taxpayer. Prison is a big business. I'm sure we can all agree on that and spend hours discussing why it is. Let's just say we're a little part in a big picture; sociologically, politically and economically. It is a fact that "we" prisoners, of whatever state you're incarcerated in, are a benefit in continuing a vicious cycle. Especially when you're in a state like I'm in. Florida depends on it's prison system and residavism rate to generate money just as it does it's other 2 major businesses, tourism and citrus. How else can Florida generate money to build on Swamps and Marsh land? I will not go on about Florida, but again remember that the prison system as a whole is a business. The part I don't understand is why they use a 17 year old child (or younger for that matter) and sentence him to 40 years for dealing crack rocks, to prove their point? Where is the so called rehabilitation? It's a child being used as a pawn in a big game of chess. It's how the government shows Johnnie tax payer Look!! we're using your tax dollars wisely. Never caring that there's a human life at stake and the grief and tragedy it creats for their family. What I'm trying to say to you, my PTO family and friends, is that maybe, just maybe we can open peoples eyes by sharing with eachother. By sharing the stories of our trials and tribulations. By continuing to talk about love and hurt and what it is to want the best for your incarcerated loved one. We are not robots, We are people, human beings with a conscience. Unfortunately most of us in here have made mistakes that have led us to prison and we just need that one wake up call to change the way we live our lives. To have a happy future with the people and family who care so much about us. And most importantly to make it our business to never return to prison again. In our journey together, we can hope for the best, hope that we are a help not only to eachother, but to those who are just beginning a life involved with incarceration. To share our learned knowledge if only to save them a few tears, or ease some of their hurt. My days are more at ease knowing that Bella (my girl) can log on to PTO and relate with people who know exactly how she's feeling and what she's going through. I thank you for making my heart hurt a little less knowing that you , the whole PTO family, can be there for her when I can't. Again, I thank you.