penitentiary & pals

<p>All hypotheticals I tell ya, any similarities are unintended coincidences, all names will be redacted.</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>Rough patches and redemption arcs. </p>