H.O.N.Y Story

H.O.N.Y. BLOG has become a very popular blog. 

I think that it is so successful because it is a blog about ordinary people and their stories.

 It doesn't sensor anything from it's viewers.  

It is different from most blogs. 

It is very interesting.

 HONY helps dispel stereotypes by asking people what their story is not what society thinks that their story is or what society thinks they have been through.

This picture interested me because it has a picture in it. 

I love taking pictures and looking at pictures.

 I have various pictures just hanging around my room of my friends and family. 

So, the photo itself is what drew me to it. 

The story was interesting because it was about a young man who made poor choices as an adolescent. 

He burned things,was violent towards his father, and ran away. 

He was soon diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. 

As he got older, he recieved many assult charges. 

Now, he spends his time in the Federal Correction Complex in Hazelton,West Viginia.

One of my close friends has gone though some similar issues. 

He has been in jail multiple times.

He was charged with Trauncy, Assult and Battery, Robbery, he has ran away from home, and has run away on his court dates because he knew that he was going to be sentenced to time in jail. 

He has put himself in dangerous situations, where he was involved with gangs and drugs. 

I personaly knows how it feels to have someone you love and care deeply about, go to jail. 

I understand where the Dad of the inmate comes from when he attempts to help him. 

I tried everythig that I could to help my friend. 

I have asked him what else I could have done...

And everything in me wants him to say; "Nothing. You did everything you could."

But its not that simple. 

I think that in this story and with inmates in general they are all stereotyped as "bad people."

Sometimes they just make mistakes.

Sometimes they have a serious condition that they can't control. 

And sometimes inmates own up to what they did and change. 

Not everyone in jail is a bad person. 

My friend has changed. 

Yea, he still makes poor choices, but not like he did before. 

I think that it's important to go past the stereotypes of inmates and relize that everyone deserves a second chance to prove themselves. 

You can read the full story here: H.O.N.Y. Inmate Story

Xoxo ~ Riley 

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