Most recent public comments by Alexander Carter https://nowcomment.com/users/28291 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736765 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736765 This statement reminded me of Cutty from the Wire. After spending so much time in prison, he finds it difficult to find a job or a place where he fits in with the rest of "normal" society. He turns back to the game because it is all that he knows. I feel like with the restrictions placed upon felons even after they finish their time, its no wonder that people end up back in jail. Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:10:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736764 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736764 There are a few examples of this that I have seen as well, though exclusively in the food industry. I know that there is a restaurant called Edwins in Cleveland Ohio that employs only convicts and they try to provide an opportunity for these people to work and gain skills necessary to reenter society. Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:04:21 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736763 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76206?scroll_to=736763 I definitely agree with your statement. I say this without in depth knowledge of the prison systems and other prison systems, but it seems that our prisons are merely meant to hold criminals and there is no attempt to rehabilitate as some other countries do. We are just collecting wrongdoers and putting them away so that we don't see them. Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:59:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70146?scroll_to=668822 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70146?scroll_to=668822 Looking at this statement, I agree completely that excellence was a ticket out the door, but I think that rocking the boat at any degree was the real ticket out the door. Attempts to break the status quo by the characters in the show were heavily punished. Wallace couldn't handle the reality of gang life. Bubs attempted to go clean but ultimately reverted back to his old ways. McNulty was sent down to the Marine unit. Colvin ended his career with the seemingly successful experiment of Hamsterdam. It appears that the best way to survive Baltimore life is to follow the leader. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:56:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70146?scroll_to=668797 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70146?scroll_to=668797 One of the thoughts that I had while reading your comment was the point that D'Angelo made when he was explaining chess to Bodie and Wallace. The pawns always have the opportunity to advance and become one of the big players (The Queen), but you'll never be able to be "The King". It seems that the system is in place because it was set that way by the top of the totem pole. It is much easier for people who already have everything to get more of it. Wed, 01 Feb 2017 22:23:24 -0500