A reader’s letter to Gary North: “Thanks for writing that column. Unfortunately your organization wasn’t around for a friend of mine’s son. At 16 he was sent to a maximum security prison for a first offense. Because of mandatory sentencing laws and prosecutors looking for ways to try kids as adults, which seems to be gaining in popularity, he ended up there instead of a juvenile facility or lesser institution. “He was raped repeatedly and eventually took his own life after repeated pleas for help. He wasn’t a violent boy but the ‘law and order’ crowd today want their pound … Continue reading The Evil of Prisons