:30:01
who spoke in glowing terms
on your behalf,
:30:03
I would have sentenced you
:30:05
to a much stiffer punishment.
:30:07
I still have my doubts
as to your inherent goodness.
:30:09
Only time will serve
to prove me wrong.
:30:14
Could you do me
a favour, Father?
:30:16
What do you want? Name it.
:30:18
The past couple of weeks,
:30:20
my mother and father
looked ready to kill each other.
:30:22
Could you watch over them
for me?
:30:24
I will.
:30:26
And no matter what you hear,
:30:28
tell them I'm doing OK.
:30:30
You mean, you want me to lie?
:30:33
It's a good lie, Father.
:30:34
You can do it.
:30:39
Come on. Let's go.
:30:41
Be strong.
:30:43
I will.
:31:19
The Wilkinson Home for Boys
held 780 youthful offenders,
:31:23
housed in five separate units.
:31:25
From the outside,
:31:27
the facility resembled what
those who ran it wanted it to:
:31:30
some kind of nice school
or university.
:31:34
Michael, Tommy, John, and I
:31:36
were assigned
to the second floor of group C.
:31:38
We each had
a private 12-foot room.
:31:41
I'd been in my room
less than an hour
:31:43
when the panic set in.
:31:45
It doesn't take very long
:31:46
to know how tough
a person you are
:31:48
or how strong you can be.
:31:50
I knew from my first day
at Wilkinson
:31:52
that I was neither tough
nor strong.