gible either to receive Pell grant money to pay for creativernwriting courses or to earn a college degree. Nor would he bernpermitted leave from prison to accept any humanitarian awardsrn(except those presented directly by the legislature or governorrnof the state where he is incarcerated). Any prisoner committingrnmurder or rape during a temporary release would automaticallyrnforfeit his right to future temporary release. (I realize that thisrndraconian measure constitutes a ‘iolation of a fundamental humanrnright, but such are the lengths to which speculative theoryrnsometimes takes us.)rnOn the same point: that all of the harsh measures I have describedrnare unconscionable is evident on the very face of thernmatter. One can all too easily imagine the setbacks both for enlightenedrnpenology and for those forced into committing actsrnof violence if potential criminals had to contemplate obduracyrnof the kinds I have described. Jail would deny them the understandingrnand help in dealing with their corrosive life experiencesrnthat they ha c a right to expect. Consider the situationrnof a criminal committing what is perhaps his first, tentative illegalrnact—striking down a privileged, socially uncaring womanrnand tearing from her neck a gold chain worn with invidious ostentation.rnThe needy, Jean Valjean-like, so-called perpetratorrnfaces a speedy trial and conviction, followed by sentencing andrnjail time with virtually no hope of early release. Nowhere in thisrndraconian process is the human potential of the condemned inrnany way recognized, celebrated, or nurtured.rnChronicles: Exactly which side of the question are you on, Dr.rnShaw?rnShaw: That’s OK, you can just call me “Professor Shaw.”rnYou’re probably interested in hearing my next plan for mentallyrnreversing the correct opinion we currently hold about virginityrnversus sexual license, about education to foster self-esteemrnversus education to impart information, about.. .rnLimitations of space made it impossible for the editors to print thernremainder of Professor Shaw’s somewhat rambling yet challengingrnlucubrations.rn