The Menu Inside
Rowland Nakanda
- Using
- a
- play
- on
- words,
- 'menu
- inside
- '
- The
- Menu
- Inside
- is
- written
- to
- bring
- to
- light
- the
- distasteful
- life
- inside
- prison
- establishments.
- The
- aim
- is
- not
- solely
- to
- inform,
- but
- hopefully
- to
- deter
- anyone
- contemplating
- any
- criminal
- activity.
- Experience
- is
- often
- described
- as
- the
- best
- teacher.
- Well,
- this
- book
- is
- bourne
- out
- of
- such
- an
- experience.
- There
- are
- many
- who
- go
- into
- a
- life
- of
- crime,
- willfully
- or
- even
- as
- a
- result
- of
- naivety,
- perhaps
- misplaced
- loyalties.
- What
- is
- rarely
- considered
- is
- the
- life
- and
- time
- behind
- bars,
- locked
- away,
- banged
- up.
- From
- the
- narratives
- within
- this
- book,
- following
- first
- hand
- discussions
- with
- inmates,
- hardened
- and
- prolific
- offenders
- have
- broken
- down
- when
- faced
- with
- the
- reality
- now
- facing
- them
- from
- the
- menu
- inside.
- The
- depravity
- and
- degradation
- faced
- daily,
- the
- fear
- of
- the
- unknown
- cell
- mate
- or
- unpredictable
- situation,
- which
- may
- kick
- off
- at
- any
- moment,
- the
- loneliness
- within
- the
- prison
- cells
- of
- being
- locked
- up
- for
- 23
- hours
- a
- day,
- denial
- of
- many
- basic
- rights
- and
- privileges
- we
- often
- take
- for
- granted
- on
- the
- outside,
- not
- to
- mention
- the
- time
- loss
- away
- from
- families
- and
- loved
- ones,
- some
- who
- move
- into
- other
- lives,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- loss
- to
- fulfilling
- ones
- own
- hopes
- and
- dreams.
- The
- Menu
- Inside
- seeks
- to
- bring
- these
- to
- light,
- that
- crime
- in
- the
- long
- run
- really
- does
- not
- pay,
- even
- if
- you
- think
- you
- can
- do
- the
- time,
- when
- the
- sentence
- is
- given,
- you,
- your
- family
- and
- loved
- ones
- who
- are
- also
- doing
- time,
- albeit
- on
- the
- outside, cannot.
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