Why I Am Probably Going to Send the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Parents a Christmas Card

When I think about all that has happened in the last 10 years, the idea of spending that long in prison gives me a sense of vertigo.
The city of Gatesville, Texas, lies 37 miles west of Waco. Of its 15,945 residents, some 2,600 are employed by the city's five prisons and one state jail.
Around 9,000 are incarcerated, roughly 58 percent of the city's population. Prison City.
I'm familiar enough with the geography and architecture of Central Texas to conjure mental images of these sprawling sand-g