Dad going to prison tomorrow

Quietgrace, sorry about the delay in responding, especially when you said such nice things about me!

I'm far, far from perfect... Just as flawed as everyone else. I just gotta keep trying.

Today's problem is the Prison Industrial Complex. Pass this on to stop prison telecoms from gouging the people who can afford it the least (like me!):

https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o...tion_KEY=12663

Hello! Have you heard of an organization called Prison Fellowship? They have tons of help and info about life in prison and family members. It's at www.prisonfellowship.org. It's founder is a former felon and gov. official named Chuck Colson. I'm thinking they may be able to help with the problem you are talking about.
I'm certainly not perfect either, just growing and learning and getting older every day! Blessings to you!

Unfortunately, Prison Fellowship is strictly a Christian Evangelical group. They don't do political advocacy on behalf of prisoners or their families.

As far as I've been able to find, Nation Inside is the only group currently focusing solely on these issues:

Campaigns - Nation Inside

Thanks for the good thoughts, though!

OH, ok, hope Nation Inside can help! I really feel for you as I can identify with your emotions about your dad. I will pray for him that he gets grace and peace in his last years. My own dad although only held accountable for abusing me and my sister, was never held accountable for molesting hundreds of children over the years. He was not able to have feelings of empathy for those he wounded and was protected from accountability by my mother. Nonetheless, I prayed for him continuously for over 25 years that he would find grace and forgiveness for his sins. He did just 6 weeks before he died of a massive stroke at the age of 71. I am grateful to God for what he was able to do that man could not, although I had forgiven him.
Well, this is my story in a nutshell. Hope you are able to find closure in your journey. Blessings, quietgrace

Wow, QuietGrace, you really went through a nightmare! You're an amazing person, coming through it as strong and loving as you are. Some of the most positive, loving people I've ever known have been through the very worst that humanity has to offer. You're all my heroes!

My dad got 8 years without parole for looking at photos. Seriously. He did things to his daughters that weren't part of the case, but the prosecutor's office still put them in their press release! (Against our wishes.) Those things were minor compared to what was done to me by an unknown rapist when I was five. THAT guy almost killed me, and messed up my reproductive organs.

My dad knew his compulsions were wrong, and he fought against them his whole life. For that, I thank him. I wish the courts could give him some kind of credit for it. Instead, they gave him the sentence that belongs to my rapist.

BTW, on my last post, I showed my mood as angry. I wasn't angry at you. I was angry at the prison system. My dad is very sick, but they won't take him to the hospital unless they think he's going to die THAT DAY. And they won't give him enough blankets to stop him shaking from the cold.

I am sorry that you're going through this. I can certainly empathize. It's very confusing sometimes to love & care what happens to the person that hurt us the most, especially when that person is the one that was supposed to protect us from the monsters.

I am so sorry for what that rapist did to you! I also know someone who was raped at an early age and had difficulty with keeping babies in the womb because of internal damage. My heart goes out to you....You too are a hero to me! Will the prison let you send him a blanket or two? I'm guessing not or you would have sent one already. I will be praying for your dad that Jesus will give him warmth and healing and grace to endure his sufferings.
(I did not think you were angry with me) Blessings, quietgrace

Beautiful Mess, we were on the run from my Dad when the rapist got me, so he couldn't protect me. Out of the fat and into the frying pan!

Quiet Grace, I'm lucky in that I've never wanted children. Of course, the damage causes other problems, but that's the way it goes. Looking around at the lives of other people, I realize that I'm actually very fortunate.

The prison only allows letters. (No blankets.) They wouldn't even give him the bible that was left for him. He can get magazines and books if they're sent directly from the publisher, but that's it. I understand the security concerns, but I don't understand the lack of heat and blankets!

What I've heard is that child molesters are not liked very well by other prisoners, and I would imagine by guards as well. I know there is grace enough for all. Still praying.

Thanks! Yes, he's in solitary confinement now so that he won't be killed.

He was put in jail as a child. (Things were different then.) That's part of what turned him into what he is. He's TERRIFIED of being out in the general prison population.

I have no words for you other than I am sorry, and by comparison I feel like a selfish person.