Son, son. Six wardens have been through here in my tenure, and I've learned one immutable, universal truth. Not one of them born... whose asshole wouldn't pucker up tighter than a snare drum when you asked them for funds. The budget's stretched thin, as it is. I see. Perhaps I could write to the State Senate and request funds from them. As far as they're concerned, there's only three WAYS TO SPEND MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO PRISONS: More walls, more bars and more guards. Still, I'd like to try, with your permission. A letter a week. They can't ignore me forever. Sure can. But you write your letters, if it makes you happy. I'll even mail them for you. How's that?
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So, Andy started writing a letter a week, just like he said.
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You're free.
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First you hate 'em...
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But that wasn't the only reason. Prison time is slow time.
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On your feet.
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It's called a rock blanket. It's for shaping and polishing rocks.
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Quite a surprise to hear a woman singing in my house, eh, Johnny?
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What the fuck have you done? It's a goddamn mess. I'll tell you that.
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...and Bogs never walked again. They transferred him to a minimum-security hospital upstate. To my knowledge, he lived out the rest of his days drinking his food through a straw. I'm thinking Andy could use a nice welcome back when he gets out of the infirmary.
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I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby. He had a quiet way about him. A walk and a talk that just wasn't normal around here. He strolled... like a man in a park, without a care or worry in the world. Like he had on an invisible coat that would shield him from this place. Yeah. I think it would be fair to say... I liked Andy from the start.
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...then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes... you get so you depend on 'em. That's institutionalized. Shit. You can never get like that. Oh, yeah? Say that when you've been here as long as Brooks has. Goddamn right. They send you here for life. That's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyway.
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Red...
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If I'm going to move on this, there can't be the least little shred of doubt.
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Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
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And behind every shady deal, behind every dollar earned, there was Andy, keeping the books.