Maxed Out Mama refutes a very strange column in the WAPO about Lynndie England as victim.
As a matter of fact, she does such a good job that I can only think of one thing to add: prisons are full of the weak and characterless followers of various bad leaders. For years my brother worked at a prison water plant with prisoners for crew. It wasn't what he expected, as he said he was expecting a population of alpha males yet never saw such a stupid bunch of sheep in his whole life. He characterized them as dumb, weak, and mean. When a leader presented them with a plan to do something awful, they chose to go for it.
That's Lynndie England. Not a victim; just a dumb, weak person with a mean-streak a mile wide.