I'd been struck by a detail in the publicity notes about the show, which made a point of stating: "Gordon is not there to fix prisons or mentor prisoners.
This maintenance guy goes into the real prison twice a month to fix broken pipes and clean up prisoners' blood, piss and vomit.
What's more, giving prisoners the right to die might be a way of dodging the bigger issue: fixing our prison systems.
But despite the strong reactions the announcement prompted from all sides, a unity government is unlikely to change much of anything on the ground, because the basic problem with the peace talks is a systemic one that no amount of reconciliations or prisoner swaps will fix.
"Our most serious problem is providing enough appropriate space for our seriously mentally ill inmates," Mr. Cate said, "and releasing prisoners is not going to fix that problem".
But there is no HBO, medical and dental care is horrid, and if Jared is like most other federal prisoners, the experience won't fix him, but reify bad behaviors.
He said he had also been trying to fix a deal with Hamas over a prisoner exchange, including freedom for a kidnapped Israeli corporal.Similar rows have occurred before.
And, Dickerson instructed, "[i]f they found the prisoner guilty, then they must also fix the locality of the robbery".
When the Japanese had an American radio technician fix their radios, he would steal parts, allowing the prisoners to have several radios to listen to newscasts of the war efforts outside the camp.
Do you know, the last Labour Government actually went so far as to enshrine in law the automatic release for all prisoners given fixed sentences?
