penitentiary & pals

All hypotheticals I tell ya, any similarities are unintended coincidences, all names will be redacted.

Horrifying events have struck a friend of the pod, and this got us thinking about crime and the prison pipeline. It's hard to advocate for rehabilitative justice when the person of interest is a repeat criminal, but maybe we should still try. The boys offer their thoughts on alternatives to criminal sentencing and navigating the need for security without going full draconian.

Complete 180 follows, we talk about crappy friends. What level of effort do you need to maintain a friendship? Do friendship breakups hurt the same as romantic relationships? How do you tell someone that you're not really that close?

Rough patches and redemption arcs.