This begins a new series in the life of STN. Given that there are clearly way too many people in our jails for really very minor (usually substance abuse related) offenses, and given that there is too much money wrapped up in the incarceration of these people to really think that we will let them go and decrease the number of people incarcerated anytime soon, we will be periodically proposing some people who we would be happy to see take their place. In other words, take our advice and throw these people in jail, let someone else out, and everyone will be happier. Also, it’s shout out to our favorite “sports” personality TK, who is always trying to throw people in jail.
Today I advised a student who had been to three different colleges in three years just to play basketball. He keeps transferring to chase the dream. Fine. We looked at what he should register for. 80+ hours in college and not one single science or foreign language class. Why? Because those classes require labs. Labs meet in the afternoon. But practice is in the afternoon. And basketball is played across both semesters, so it’s not like football where the players all take their lab classes in the spring semester. So these coaches, who have exploited this kid for their own personal gain, have consistently advised him to NEVER take a lab science or foreign language. These people need to be IN JAIL.
So we are proposing that all of his coaches and advisers go to jail. Let’s estimate roughly 9 people. So we can now safely release 9 other non-violent offenders.
