Stephen "Bo" Bodine

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Hutchinson CF

So many people seem not to understand that yea I’m human and erred. A big mistake that landed me in here for the rest of my natural life. A court of my peers deemed me guilty and I’m now serving out my punishment for my crimes.

Seems most people don’t understand what the punishment in fact is. Many of the people who work here seem to believe it means I’ve lost my right to self respect, dignity, to be treated justly or humanely.

But that’s not what I was sentenced to at all. My sentence was about the loss of my freedoms. My freedom to vote, to watch my grandchildren grow up. To shop at Walmart, to own a Harley Davidson, to go on scenic drives, to go on dates, have sex, eat at TGIF, Red Lobster, or Bionic Burger. To see the Grand Canyon, to go boating or fishing. To own fish, tend a garden, to own my own home or business. To visit my father’s grave. To sit on a bridge and watch the city fireworks display. No pillowtop mattress, no king sized bed, no visits to Paris.

That’s what my sentence/punishment was about. Not talking down to me, treating me like a beast of burden, less than a dog. Nothing about my sentence was about degrading me as a person.

Diagram of ad seg cell, where Bo has spent the last ---