I am Lee, the chairman of the board. I am a reformed drunk.
My life has been good and bad over the years but as I look back even
the
worst has some good in it. If it were not for the bad I would not
be
who I am today. Here is my story.
If you take a look at The Injustice System, the castle of hope and the
crazy old white man from the hood you will find out who, what and why I
am.
Carmen is my heart. She is a recovering addict. Together we
will help many of the lost souls find themselves as we did. Here is
Carmen’s story.
The Internet:
The Internet portion of our project is already in operation the links
are on our home page. The Injustice System site is always
changing. I was going to put the last change date on but I change
it almost every day so it would be meaningless.
Support Groups:
Eventually we want support groups for: drug addicts, alcoholics,
ex-cons, young people in trouble, abused persons, the homeless, the
mentally ill, other lost souls, friends, families and other loved
ones. These groups will not be lead by psychiatrists,
psychologists or social workers but we will try to have volunteers in
those professions to be available if needed. These groups will be
made up of those who the groups are helping.
Religion:
These groups will be non-denominational. Our main concern is the
individual. The individuals must first find themselves and
respect themselves before they can recover. We will be in contact
with ministers of different faiths whether Christian, Moslem, Jewish,
Hindu, Buddhists and others.
I am also planning a church like service for all. This would be
non-denominational and instead of a cross on the altar there would be a
wheel with the symbols for the various beliefs on the end of the
spokes.
This way all would have an equal place. We would have a library
of
reading material and the holy books of those religions.
The “services” would be for all and would talk about love of yourself
and others. It would be about a way of life instead of religion
however as I said above there would be contacts with ministers of the
different faiths and they would be able to speak also. We would
have guest speakers from all faiths.
Jobs:
We would also help people from the groups find work.
Shelter:
We would help find shelter for those who need it and homes for the
homeless.
Prisons:
Our prison systems are an embarrassment to the country. If you
look at the Injustice System site you will see the treatment these
people get. You have anything from medical neglect to murder
committed by inmates with the guards watching or by the guards
themselves.
There is a case where the prison officials the said that the prisoner
died of a heart attack. When the family finally got the body they
found that he had a broken back, legs, arms and ribs.
Many prisons are like those in the dark ages. The sad thing is
that the conditions are getting worse and not better. If you look
at many of the prison movies you will think about how bad things
were. Well my friends it is worse.
One guard said of the prison he was working at, “The only people that
really belong here are the ones that go home at night.”
Capital Punishment:
There is more on this subject on the Injustice System site.
Capital punishment is bad for many reasons. As far as I am
concerned only God has the right to take a life. Even God lets
things happen and when a person dies it is natural. God gave us
souls and it is the murderer’s soul not God that makes the decision to
take a life. In the
case of illness or other natural causes it is not God who takes the
life but
it is the natural way of life. God gave us a free will so that we
will
not have to be bothered with by Him.
Capital punishment is more expensive than life in prison.
There are many innocent men and women on death row. Over 100 were
released because of DNA testing. Think about those that they will
not allow to have DNA testing, those where the DNA evidence is missing
and
those where DNA is not a factor.
Prisons and the death penalty are big business and the system from the
arresting officer to the judges is full of corruption. A poor
person does not have a chance because his lawyer will more than likely
be inept, drunk or in cahoots with the prosecution.
A person will be on death row for 10 to 20 years. In that time
people change. The person that is executed in most cases is not the
same person who did the crime.
Warehousing of prisoners:
Prisoners are sent to prison and forgotten. Prisons are human
warehouses. Most do not get the proper training and
rehabilitation to return to society. Many come out worse than
they were when they went in. Many learn not only from their
mistakes but also the mistakes of others so that when they come out
they are better criminals.
Most prisoners will eventually be released. It is the job of the
system to rehabilitate the prisoners so they will not release a worse
criminal into society. Maybe the prison system leaders should be
made accountable for the actions of those released back into
society. No it would not work. Can you imagine the warden
being a convict too?
Bigotry:
We also want to fight bigotry. We are all equals. We are
different which makes life and living beautiful but we are also equal.
No one is better than I am but I am not better than any one. It
is time that the people of the world who think that they are the
greatest realize that they ain't so great after all. They are
equal to us all.
What can we do?
Fight with words. A sentence is worth a thousand pictures.
Search the Internet for groups that fight the system and join ones that
you
are comfortable with.
What do we want?
We want to help fight crime by cutting it off before it becomes a
crime. We want to help the addicts and alcoholics change and
fight their addictions before they turn to crime or commit more crimes.
We want to help stop abuse that leads to crime.
We want to help ex cons start a new life and keep them from returning
to their old lives of crime.
The core is that we want to help the lost souls find themselves and
help them become contributing members of society.