So, I'm watching some lame drama on television with my mom, and the show took on an interesting dilemma. A man, after being put in prison since 1970, is about to be put on parole. While talking to his parole officer, he says that he wants her to lie to the parole board, tell them that he's dangerous. His rationale behind this is that he's been in prison for his entire life. He went into prison when Nixon was president. He doesn't know of computers, of the technology available today. He doesn't know what society is like. All of his friends are in prison, his entire life is prison. The parole officer argues, every man should have another chance at freedom, whether they want it or not, and lets him go on parole. Low and behold, he commits a crime to get right back where he has been his entire life. If I was the parole officer, I would have just given the man his wish. I mean, how could he have possibly tried to reintegrate himself into society? He's been in prison for 40 years; its all he knows. I'm surprised she wasn't expecting to do anything he could to get back in prison.