Fountain Pen Drawing 2016.10.05
“How do you handle the life in the prison? Any plans after you get out?” The Buddhist nun asks the questions earnestly to the elderly inmate who’s got a lot of gray hair.
“I’ve handled it all right. But my health is getting worse and worse. I don’t think I’ll ever get out for my ‘three strikes’.” The old inmates rubs his waist when he gives the information.
The nun says “Take better care of yourself and always have positive thoughts. Tell me, what is the ‘three strikes law’?” She asks curiously.
“How to take better care of one’s health when he lives in a single ward? And why do you come when you don’t even know what ‘three strikes law’ is?” The elderly inmate can’t hold back his grumps.
The interview is cut short and ended awkwardly. The inmate shakes his head and murmurs “waste of my time” on his way into his ward.
「在獄中適應得還好嗎？出獄後有什麼計劃？」師姑殷切地問著頭髮半白的老收容人。
「適應得還可以，就是身體越來越差，我三振法案的大概沒機會出去了。」老人家邊說邊搓著腰說。
師姑：「自己要把身體照顧好，凡事要樂觀，對了什麼是三振法案」師姑好奇地問。
「在獨居房一個人住身體可以好到哪裡去？而且妳連三振法案都搞不清楚，是要來關心什麼？」老人家面有慍色。
訪談在尷尬中草草結束，老人家入房前搖著頭小聲地嘀咕：「這無祿用。」
「戒護第一，教化為先」話雖如此，但台灣的監獄其實不重教化，不願投入更多的專業輔導人力，雖又希望看到漂亮的收據；編制內的教誨師大多非專業輔導背景出身，而心理師與社工人數少，而這三者又有忙不完的行政業務，在官方不願重視下，教化的擔子就落在每天穿梭監所的各宗教志工身上，熱心又有助人專業的有，例如黃明鎮牧師所領軍的老字號－更生團契；空有熱心不知如何助人的也有；當然也有打著監獄教誨師名號到處招搖撞騙的⋯⋯
「我不懂，為什麼上帝容許以色列轟炸加薩走廊那麼多年？還對巴勒斯坦人那麼壞？」
「因為巴勒斯坦人不信神，所以上帝藉以色列人之手逞罰他們，就像上帝對所多瑪和蛾摩拉那樣。」
主啊！聽得我眼珠子都快掉下來了⋯⋯
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