I used to be a prison guard. It seems like it’s always the people who have never set foot in a prison who think that inmates should suffer through incarceration. Prison is overwhelmingly bleak, and doing time is not easy as days melt into years. I always thought it was kind that some “do-gooders” on the outside wanted to bring those who are in prison a little light, if just for one day. I remember all the sad, fucked up women I met when I was a guard. Many of them never saw any kindness or beauty at all in their lives. Feeling this way, of course, it’s no wonder I didn’t make a career in corrections.
Murderers treated to pedicures, harp music
Canada.com | Submitted by: Tim Howard
“The ‘Women’s Spa Day’ was held on Aug. 21 at Grand Valley Institution for Women, a prison housing medium- and minimum-security inmates… In the morning, the inmates had full manicures and pedicures by estheticians brought into the prison. They also had their ‘colours’ done, receiving advice on clothing that best suits their hair and skin tones. Aromatherapy was also offered, the source said. The afternoon schedule was not as crowded. A female harpist brought her enormous harp into the Grand Valley Chaplaincy Office and serenaded inmates while they ate and drank tea from fine china cups and serving dishes… On the same day as the spa, a black emancipation celebration was held for those prisoners invited to it by the Black Inmates and Friends Association, a prisoners’ group. Large tents were set up on the prison grounds and inmates ate barbecued meat and an enormous cake from a local baker before watching presentations.”
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