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The CIA documentary, initially made exclusively for the agency, was eventually released in 2011 through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associ
by junto 12y ago
The CIA documentary, initially made exclusively for the agency, was eventually released in 2011 through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associated Press:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Mh7EiXRJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Mh7EiXRJI
This paragraph at the end is particularly poignant (considering that Downey is now a judge in the youth courts):
In one instance, for example, Downey recalls watching a
young girl, about 15 or 16 years old, passionately object to
her prison sentence. “She got up in court and gave an
eloquent speech as to why she should go home and not be in
prison. And then she said, ‘You don’t know what it’s like.
You can’t imagine.’ ” Downey, quietly resisting the
temptation to correct her, remembers sympathizing. “I do
feel I know the restrictions on a prisoner’s life,” Downey
says. “Prison is a lousy experience, whether you’re there
for a month or 20 years.”