Letters to the Editor - October 2006
RE: The Bard College Prison Initiative
To the Editor:
I have a 22-year-old daughter in a detention center in Fort Collins, CO. She is scheduled to be released next summer and will be returning to MA at that time. We are looking for programs to get her started on. If you have any comment or links I would appreciate it. I’m touched by your article and appreciative that you have provided us with this opportunity.
Frank Ordway
Sharon, MA
RE: An Interview with President Ruth Simmons, Brown University
To the Editor:
The article was most appreciated. She is a remarkable woman, a breath of fresh air and realizes what it takes to make a good University a great University. I hope Ms. Simmons makes Brown her last stop.
Tom Bragen
Bayonne, NJ
RE: Prison Teachers
To the Editor:
This is a great article. I teach in a juvenile secure care environment. Unfortunately, most of these teenagers have or do not see the importance of education until six or seven months in secure care.
Gregory E. Williams, New Orleans, LA
RE: A Glimpse into the Imprisonment of Jean Harris
To the Editor:
It is amazing how a white woman can commit murder and it is sensationalized. Jean Harris committed 1st degree murder and was charged with 2nd degree murder. If an African American male would have killed someone with the exact same motive in Scarsdale, New York that black male would have received a charge of 1st degree murder and life without parole or the death penalty. Only in America can a white woman be redeemed for murder and any male that is not white will just be a murderer.
George E. Wilson
Memphis, TN
