Teen In Jail

I've latched on to the blog Teen In Jail which is about the experience of Theodore Braden who is sitting behind bars at the pleasure of the U.S.A.

What Ted writes is coming up to a good standard which, if what I have seen of the state videos shown in schools is anything to go by, is very much needed. Having watched some of the videos played to school children, I doubt that any of them will convince any child to avoid prison; yes they convey the facts, but there is no passion in the acting; the child actors don't convey emotion ... the eyes don't convey the soul battering that someone can receive when behind bars; and young kids are no fools.

The blog also seems to be circumvented by the Florida penal system. Ted's blog has not gone unnoticed and it seems that Ted has been deliberately moved in order to avoid staff abuses and shoddy practice coming to light.

"The bad times show you who your good friends are." - Teen in Jail. Good luck Ted, and congratulations on the efforts.

I think Ted will have the opportunity to do more good when he gets out of jail; it looks like many of the people watching at the moment is officialdom, but I could easily be wrong; I don't have the stats. Lets face it, after what I've seen of the unconvincing videos shown to kids, they need someone with real experience and passion behind them. Ted might just be that person.