teacake - // However, he will live until such time, in a home provided by us, he will be kept fit and healthy, if he needs a doctor or hospital treatment, he will get that quicker than any of us are getting at this moment, more than likely the same day/week.
He will be fed reasonably well, he will have no money worries, no heating bill to find, council tax, and no job hunting to do. Well you get my meaning so I won't insult you by going on.
He will enjoy up to a point his birthday and Christmas, and no doubt see his family/friends, unless they have the sense to do otherwise. //
I know that this is a popular perception of prison, but i also believe it to be manifestly false.
The primary aspect of prison, which tends to be forgotten, maybe because it is so obvious, is the absence of freedom.
Freedom of basic choices, but mst importantly, absence of liberty, and I don't think that can ever be underestimated in terms of the ongoing increasing debilitating effect it has on the soul.
I remember Ronnie Kray being asked about the worse aspect of prison, and he replied, The noise, it's never ever silent in here ... and I for one would find that competely impossible to live with.