"This is just not how we imagined things would be. We are used to different things in our prisons and we had only imagined that prisons elsewhere would and should be like ours" said one prisoner of the conditions in the Israeli prisons."
Outside of the daily torturing and starvation that occurs here in a prison near Ramallah, two gentleman, [pictured right] preferring to remain anonymous although perfectly fine with their photographs being published, have taken it upon them to make sure that prisoners here begin to have the rights they deserve.
"First off, there's no weights, no gym. We wanna look good just like everyone else. It's not like we're pumping up to beat up the guards or anything. Although, that's not a bad idea."
"Cable TV too. We are so deprived to begin with as citizens, being informed through cable TV, comedy central, and the Oxygen Network will help rehabilitate our prisoners and have them back safely to our country. Many of these prisoners are being held for no apparent reason. The least that could be done is give them some decent food. McDonald's is good. Real good."
The unidentified but pictured lawyers have seen some progress to their work: 2 year old Alysha, a Palestinian girl was released from prison last year, although there still remains some question about her crimes, namely: Drooling a bit, Giggling, and being totally cute. Her mother still remains in prison.
The riots which happened earlier this week were in response to the prisoners not being able to have 'Kickball Saturday's' and 'Movie Mondays'. Oh, also something about Israeli guards shooting rubber bullets at the prisoners for no reason and some other hub-bub that hurt a lot of people.
All told, much work here is still required to find peace between these two warring nations. And with the help of these photographed and nameless lawyers, perhaps the appropriate steps have been put in motion.
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