While we watch history unfold on television and social media in regards to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, inmates across the country get bits and pieces through the news, letters, and articles. We wanted to know their thoughts on what is happening in our world. Take a listen to these answers. Some want to go fight in support of Ukraine, all are angered by what is happening. Very different takes, thoughts, and ideas on the situation.
Skip to: 00:09 Arness Richardson
“..No, this is wrong, but I think the biggest thing about it is. The world is just pretty much watching and not doing anything. Why is the us is not doing nothing. They want to sit back and do this and do that. Those people need help over there….”
Skip to: 01:37 Bernard Jones
“…My thoughts on a Russian aggression is that we have two world leaders, no United States and Russia. And it’s like a chess game that they playin….”
Skip to: 06:36 Jake Ritter
“…invasion on Ukraine by Russia is complete bullshit. Pardon my French. In fact, I actually wrote to them and Ukrainian embassy and told them if you let me out and I feel fight for him, it breaks my heart that those people are suffering…”
Skip to: 07:07 Knowledge Born
“…
orchestrate and then plan a situation where the economics and the powers that be forced, those things to happen, where people are no longer a part of, uh, the consideration of humanity, but our political economical prospects of pawn ship….”
Skip to: 11:18 Liqwid Bell
“…about Ukraine? Is tragic is, it’s a travesty. The is destruction. It’s chaos. And it’s Oracle because it’s the same thing that they’re talking about that happens in the Bible….”
Skip to: 15:20 Luis Maldonado
“…And all them people shouldn’t be hurt like that. That’s why I’ve been writing five letters already. So far to my governor, my governor JB Pritzker. You’re trying to get a pardon. And so I could go over there and help them fight. And I’m trying to find out who my Congressman is..,,”
Skip to: 16:08 Maurice Harris
“…I have to question the press pushback on President Biden’s declaration to Putin is a war criminal, and that he must not remain in power after all. Isn’t the bombing of thousands of Ukranians is enough to be considered a war crime….”
Skip to: 17:23 Michael Shepard
“…Uh, so what I, what I think about is I think about Yemen, I think about Yemen and in Palestine, all those babies that’s being murdered over there and all those war crimes and how the us is supplying the weapons to Israel and Saudi Arabia, the dictators, and, you know, in Africa and south America, Latin America, I think about all those black and brown who’s been killed, …”
Skip to: 19:30 Robert Mejia
“…I think that the Russian Ukraine crisis is a serious issue and hopefully it gets resolved soon and I’m hoping and praying for world peace…”
Skip to: 19:47 Roger Hull
“…Well, as an inmate, um, if they would let me go, I’d go in a heartbeat and fight for the Ukrainians….”
Skip to: 20:26 Stephen Maxim
“…The president of Russia is so very wrong for doing what he’s doing and killing innocent people, regardless of Ukraine used to be part of Russia….”
Skip to: 21:11 Torrance Black
“…I think the Russian invasion on your crane just horrific. Every time I see the images on the news is so heart-renching. I just, it just, war just don’t make no sense….”