Hating the Holidays While Facing the Iniquity of the US Criminal Justice System

Carol Burt
12 min readDec 28, 2019

The poor are punished before they are found guilty.

Photo by Guido Coppa

I hate the holidays. I’ve hated them consistently since becoming an adult. This year, I hate them even more because my daughter spent Christmas in the county jail and will spend New Years’ there, too. She’s an addict with severe personality…

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Carol Burt

Former print journalist, former mayor, retired law enforcement officer. Writing about politics and government along with random personal essays.