I happened to travel a lot and got used to read the “structure” of country from the behavior of officials. It is imminent to any first contact. When it comes to inner borderline of any society – then its identity remains intact also within the jailhouse. Moving from outside into different cultures of imprisonment – we read the inner quality of the entire population. Because in the way of punishment – is the whole residual character of ourselves. Reading the article it reminds me to the collapse of punishment culture from the time written in Tolstoy’s “Resurrection” till Solzhenitsyn’s experience… Somehow I felt a ray of sunlight coming again to the jail’s window to visit – imprisoned motherhood. Herewith thanks to RT. Come again…

So what are Russians doing to demand those surviving jailers, officials, KGB apparatchiks and others who were responsible for operating the GULAG to account for their crimes? If the answer is "nothing", then Russians can only blame themselves if one fine day it happens all over again.

Jailing of parents is always a thorny issue. In General there is far too much Incaceration occuring in all jurisdictions. In the US prison pupulations are the highest in the world, in the UK the highest in Europe and we are not too far behind ourselves on a world wide scale. We see time and time again parents in prison in all jurisdictions for minor offences, just part of the legal gravy train of cycling 'stock' through the system, to benefit the legal justice 'teams' pockets. In general the prison rates are as they are because there is a lack of opportunity for the offenders. the variance in the rates across countriies, prove it isn't a biological people problem, but one of a societal problem. Prison is too big a buisness now, they are operating not on legal principles, but keep the shelves full. It is no coincidence that the highest incareration rates occur where there are money motives, be they profit for the legal team, or a 'saving' in terms of generating a viable place for people in society. prison being a cheaper and more lucrative proposition for the legal factory. Children just become caught up in this legal for profit factory, and this is the saddest part of it all. There is no doubt there is a core of delinquency, that merits incaceration, however, what we are seeing increasingly is incaceration for a profit motive, adjusted to suit the 'stock' levels on the shelves. We need get away from this, and acknowledge that lack of equality of opportunity is the root cause, coupled with a perverse profit motive within the legal system. This doesn't mean be soft on crime, it means be hard on real crime, and stop inventing crimes, so as to manage the legal factory. This will cost money, but it is money well spent. Jailing for profits sake is a short term downward spiral to disaster, creating a whole subclass that puts a drag on society as a whole. Putting childeren into this system is the absolute worst scenario imageinable, and will only create a faster demise.

Good story by Katerina Azarova! I have heard of female prisoners caring for their children in other nations too. The big issue is how good of an environment is a prison for small children, particularly sanitation and food. Maybe some of these female prisoners should receive alternative punishment. In my humble opinion: only the really bad and unremorseful people should go to prison! The punishment should fit the crime. And the criminal law code should be rewritten. Senator James Webb is working on changing this situation, ask him.