Thank you very much for your comment!

To answer your 2 questions:

• 1: As to why I felt comfortable living with ex-convicts - I am a very confident person and have lived enough of life to understand it is not easy to be human. Many convictions were for non violent offences but not all... many ex-convicts became accustomed to violence in prison... =(

I like adventure and am fascinated by people! I can see positives where most other people don't even want to look. There where times when I did not feel safe but I know to handle myself when I need to. My room was always barricaded at night and I had a speargun and motorcycle chain under my bed. LOL!

My spirit of adventure tells me I need to take Steemit to the slums in Indonesia this year!

• 2: You asked if the stories of drug abuse were over exaggerated - no this is definitely not the case! I have travelled all around the world and drug abuse and its negative impacts are global. I have many more stories to tell on Steemit.

I did not even relate 5% of the stories I heard at The Gatwick in this post. I did not wish to detract from the issue of private prisons. There are far worse stories I could tell if this post were just about drugs.

During my time in The Gatwick Hotel I was stabbed with a needle by someone who was infected with Hep C and I saw the very dregs of drug addiction. I am only glad that I have never wanted to walk that path!

However I loved my time with these amazing people. I will write another post soon - as The Gatwick is shortly to be closed after decades of love!

Stay tuned my brotha! =)