Terry McMillan Quotes
Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
McMillan, Terry. Interview by Michel Martin. Tell Me More, NPR, 7 Sept. 2010.
This is a paradoxical aspect of the parole system. If someone is granted parole, they must agree to state supervision of them for as long as the state deems it important. Random drug tests, access to their bank accounts, reporting any gang member may may contact and reporting to the parole board periodically are but 4 examples of the kind of supervision that can be required, So if a perceived dangerous criminal is considered too risky for parole after say ¾ of his sentence has been served, her serves the other ¼ and then is totally free and may not be supervised. He can move wherever he wants, do any kind of work he wanted and hank out with whoever he wants and the state can do nothing. If he had been granted parole he could be monitored and supervised as long as the state thinks it necessary.
The sheriff was responsible for the Cook County Jail. At the time of the interview, Dart had 2500 mentally ill people in his job, making the Cook County Jail the largest insane asylum in the country. The worst part about that situation was that the jail is in no position to provide proper diagnosis and treatment for the mentally ill.
This quotation is surprising to many because the National Association of Evangelicals is a very conservative organization which is usually at the right wing of political and social issues. However, religions are generally more complex with nuanced positions compared to political parties. On the issue of Prisons, the National Association of Evangelicals is at the left wing of the political spectrum.
Terry McMillan is an American novelist. Her work is characterized by female protagonists.
