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We Should Hope We Get Caught

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  As you may or may not be aware, I am currently in prison. Prison, as you might expect, is filled with all manner of criminals. Of course, I am one of them, but my desire is to no longer commit crimes. Many of my neighbors have no such concerns, but rather are perfectly happy to continue breaking the law. This becomes an interesting dynamic. For the most part this law and rule breaking is not that serious. Usually, it involves using cell phones, drugs, or alcohol. These are clearly against the rules and if you get caught with any of these things you can get in serious trouble and either lose good time or have time added to your sentence. Then there are the smaller, less serious rules. Even among my Christian friends there are those who believe it is okay to break some of these rules. There is a policy here that we are not allowed to take any food out of the dining hall after meals. So even if we can't finish all the food on our tray either because we do not have the appetite o...