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Prisoner in the Maine prison system pens letter to younger self. Such unreal script.
MildWithAChanceOfExcitement
That handwriting on the 7th....amazing
A911owner
TIL that convicts have better handwriting than me.
Cakes1234
The seventh one has beautiful handwriting.
ItsSneakyAdolf
I always upvote Maine
mhichaos
Noone complains about "God loves you, live by his word."? I guess imgur must be growing up then.
joekickass92
This is powerful
MagicUnicornFairy
Ken has some seriously cool handwriting.
MrAverageJoe
Dear past me, don't forget ro shut the fridge door all the way, don't make the same mistakes I made!
VictorSebestyen
Ending up in a life of crime is not always the person's fault entirely, but the American way is of course to blame the individual
abidingficus
I desperately wish these letters could be delivered.
jbiddenback0617
They can't be delivered to the boys these men used to be, but there are other boys out there that may need to read them, if they get them.
Beeflikerotel
And all these people are "evil."
greatscreenname
How is their handwriting so much better than mine? Maybe we should send all kids to prison to get good handwriting.
sorkel
You lived for tomorrow not today +1
lookatmeandmybadself
Best quote: "Anyone can act or react with violence, but only a REAL MAN can turn the other cheek and walk away." Damn good advice.
kamosey
Dear younger me. Don't be a fucking idiot. Love, me.
ohgodthepressure
These are fantastic. And goddamn, the handwriting on some of these guys.
herhaeness
They all have better handwriting than me, and I'm almost about to graduate college
moonwolfe68
The handwriting of number 7 !!!!
AY1181
I always upvote Maine
joesbarandgrill
Incredibly powerful. Also, the first one reminds me of Joe from TWD appearance wise.
InterestingFacts
I find it hard to believe that these guys all have this miraculous handwriting
DishonoredUser
Are we supposed to read this
iusedtodream
only read it if you are curious what these men would say to their younger self. if you're not, push the arrow.
khadegar
you won't regret it
iamthediscofapper
"Cut the shit, Bob" - Bob
BillKerman
Yeah, Bob - I'm getting real tired of your shit.
RadioactiveCanuck
BrassKicker
"Don't Robert any banks"
SerialKitten666
The next time this gets reposted, can someone please link us to these words in LEGIBLE text. Beautiful message but my eyes hurt :(
ROXninja91
First world problem much?
DrScandalous
Why so many dislikes? Is it a repost?
teloft
BTW there are about 400000 people born every day, people that have not seen this post.
TennesseeGal
Yes it is.
Wacked
First time I've seen it. Sad tbh. Normally a re-post is within a few days but I've not seen this one in that timespan.
graehall
Shamelessly.
Aliandrita
I think things should be reposted every now and again, not everyone sees it the first time 'round. Just, not in the same week.
TheGoldenElephant
And not be claimed to be OC
LykeWiseYo
I Worked There For 2 Years. And Know These Guys Pretty Well... It's Cool Seeing This On Here
superkos
Has to be southern Maine I'm guessing, though could be some mill town areas. Former Mainer.
LykeWiseYo
It's About About 2 Hours From Portland. Pending Traffic.
jjenkins2357
You worked in multiple prisons?
LykeWiseYo
No No Just The One
moodysmadeye
I always thought of prisoners as lesser b/c they purposely commit crimes and often hurt ppl. This post really made me examine my feelings.
QuietLittleLeaf
one of my favorite quotes "often the scariest and meanest in life, are themselves simply lonely and lost."(except the ones born w/o empathy)
ISuperBelieveInYouTadCooper
Really loved "Orange Is The New Black" because of this. A few episodes go into the prisoners' backstories, it's incredible.
BrandiDeer
As a future prisoners rights professional, thank you. Getting people to come to this realization will be my life's work.
JamesAQuintero
These are most likely the best of all the letters. They don't show the ones where the people are glad that they committed murder, etc.
sneff
Having worked with prisoners, and receiving letters daily for 8 months, I never once had a letter where they were glad or proud.
JamesAQuintero
But are you sure the ones who didn't feel guilty just weren't sending letters?
sneff
No, but a 0% rate out of legitimately thousands of letters doesn't bode well for your argument.
phaent
I wish more people would realize this in themselves.
tomalt
And give ex-prisoner a chance. Watch them like a hawk if you feel you need to, but pls give them a chance to show they've learnt.
EvilMonkey501
This just isn't true. We jail more people in the USA for stupid shit than any other place in the world.
tomalt
My exp is that 99% of prisoners don't commit crimes without a long spiral of mistakes/pain/anger/isolation leading to it.
kangaskid18
How do they ALL have better handwriting than me?!
bacteriadude
i'm going to guess the artist or somebody rewrote the letters to be pretty. there's no way they would all be so perfect and consistent.
lsama
When you have nothing but a life sentence in front of you? You find many things to practice, to pass the time with.
FiendishDoctorWu
They got plenty of time
UnrulyCactus
Are you a doctor? Because if you're a doctor, it's because you're a doctor.
Nyther53
They have nothing else to do but practice.
mmurrbles
20 years of practice living in prison?
ROXninja91
Imagine how many letters they write just so they can have some other form of correspondence with people on the outside... =/
pocketfullofsunshine93
Real quick, can we just talk about how homedawg Brandon with the dreads has a super hot criminal-y vibe to him?
PotatoHamer
it is clear: bad handwriting => doctor, good handwriting => prison ..
phanpymon
I'm sure glad my handwriting is bad.
PotatoHamer
One day you will dine with the president
Miel
Wich means I'm a doctor. I'M A DOCTOR!
PotatoHamer
exactly, who cares about medschool?
Moorglademover
I'm guessing they practice their handwriting more than you do.
CommonWhiteGirl
I'm so embarrassed by my handwriting right now.
jsknox
What else are they gonna do in their spare time
Moosecock
They've had the time to practice
khora
But so did you.
EdgarAllanPokemon
Not nearly as much as them.
Moosecock
Are you saying my typing sucks?
khora
I had to learn rapid typing in the dark in the military. At least I got one useful skill out of it.
whatthebeans
It's okay it's common for all white girls.
AceofShades
http://www.hiyoooo.com/
whatthebeans
They have websites for like... everything now
GoBlue
Holy shit this guy's handwriting
kahavi
That's the style of handwriting school's taught when I was a kid... And I refuse to believe I'm that old.
Pornegranate
It's consistent, well-spaced, even, etc., but it's not good handwriting IMO since it's hard to read.
ExessAlqattan
Looks like he came from fucking LOTR
wanayako
yes
AKUUUUUUUUUUUU
Hey, Ted? Just how exactly DID you meet the mother?
CrimsonGhost107
Dude writes like an elf
Thatoneimgurian
everyone has a story
Oteneo
He'd better hope his younger self can read cursive
Upvoter2000x
If only I had 16 hours a day to work on my penmanship...
blowlinesfuckdimes
Someones a cult leader
UsePNGnotJPEG
Is it bad that I find that really difficult to read?
eagle193
they teach penmanship in prison, i guess
Qauzer
I bet he's the guy making all the prison tattoos
DifferentialEQ
I feel like he looks like Ray Liotta from the movie "Goodfellas"
Muffyns
i can't read it D: what does it say D: make it an image from note pad in size 16-20 ?
Kamakaze
At least there's one other person in this world that knows/uses cursive other than me.
bretellen
You mean everyone outside of the USA?
Kamakaze
This makes me happy for some reason.
ThermiteSnake
Looks like the way I write. Am I just old? When did schools stop teaching this?
bugbug23
Motherfucker wrote the damn Declaration of Independence...
westendgrills
In europe we're still taught to write like that
bretellen
shhht you'll upset the dumb muricans
GoBlue
In the US we're still taught to write like that in 3rd grade but no one does after that.
westendgrills
It's weird bc to me it's much easier to handwrite attached letters AND it looks nicer ^^
thebrick87
His handwriting reflects his writing as well, what he says is pretty profound.
TheMonsterWithinYou
I have similar handwriting as him... although what I have to say isn't as profound as his words.
bossbrigand
if only I could read it
devinxmeow
The part I liked best was "be humble with others. see them as precious stewards of a borrowed vessel with an adopted lens of perspective"
missmaryMACKMACKMACK
that's beautiful.
devinxmeow
Isn't it? :D Just shows how complex humans can truly be. :)
Iris1S
Everybody in Europe writes like that. We learn it in school. Nothing to do with being 'profound'
thebrick87
1: That man is American. 2: I am German, and you are either a liar, or just stupid.
Iris1S
Can be a non-american in an american prison? And I'm from Belgium and no liar. And yes, we write like that. Don't be such a prick, brick.
ArbitraryAlpaca
Yeah... Brick is being a prick...
thebrick87
So sorry that I refuse to believe that an entire continent has such neat handwriting.
BeetleInADryer
I bet he's the murderous psychopath.
tenshotsofsnakejuice
https://bangordailynews.com/2010/03/29/news/man-gets-7-years-in-rockland-drug-bust/
devinxmeow
oh damn!
BeetleInADryer
Or the drug trafficker.
PrincessRufflebutt
You can't ready cursive?
GoBlue
When did I say that?
PrincessRufflebutt
In your butt.
ImgurnariumOfDoctorGiraffus
listen here Rufflebutt...
PrincessRufflebutt
NOW LISTEN YOU YOU LITTLE SHIT