Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with juvenile-justice
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A PLAY THEY WROTE
THEY CALLED IT FUCKING IN PAJAMAS Do not demand that I censor them. There was no fucking in pajamas or in anything else. It was a play that explored submission, dominance, and vulnerability. This is far, far more complex than fucking in pajamas. These are not innocent children. They will…
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Rape As Punishment In Juvenile Detention Has to Stop
The Department of Justice estimates that one in every three boys referred to juvenile justice detention is raped. I used to wonder what it might take for people to care enough to put a stop to it. I was naive to put it mildly. Institutions employ rape as overt victimization.…
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Juvenile Justice Data
Juvenile Justice Data predicts one fourth of these young men will be dead in two years from suicide. One half will be re-incarcerated as adults. Ten will be sexually assaulted. Twelve will be addicted. Five will be all of this. What is wrong with us. https://timbarrus.tumblr.com/
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the waffle house poems
i knew he’d be in there he was he was wanted by the cops for shoplifting at fifteen, he had avoided all the traps the hoodie obfuscated his face from the cameras his tongue was not much given to a torrent of words maybe you might get one word grunts…