Too many people in jail: Private prisons and judicial corruption

[Uncensored2008]

If you don't like jail, don't break the law... Problem solved.

Impossible.

It is utterly impossible to not break one or more of the millions of laws imposed on the public. Every person is a criminal, every last one. You will be prosecuted if you are inconvenient.

If you don't like jail, fight to the death when/if it's your turn to be incarcerated.

 

[MikeK]

If you don't like jail, don't break the law... Problem solved.

Spoken like a textbook authoritarian submissive.

All you need is an authority figure to tell you what to do and what not to do and all is right with the world. Essential notions of morality, of true justice, of right and wrong are redundant. Obedience is all that matters.

Right?

 

[MikeK]

???

Are you kidding?

While I wouldn't expect Big Pharma to collectively come out for legalizing heroin, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), etc., it would serve their projected interest to quietly contribute to and promote some form of legalized access to those substances. Any argument to the contrary must first justify continued drug law enforcement, which is clearly futile, wasteful, and totally counterproductive.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

There arent enough scumbags in jail or locked away in mental institutions........

 

[shaferar]

Making private prisons is the worst thing we can do as a nation

 

[Crackerjaxon]

Prisoners, like everyone else, are entitled to the fruits of their labor. There is absolutely no reason our prisons should not be self-supporting.

Pipes leaking? Give 'em a wrench and let them have at it.

Hungry? Let 'em grow their own food.

Our prison system is a joke.

 

[Uncensored2008]

There arent enough scumbags in jail or locked away in mental institutions........

Yes, but OTHER than the Obama administration........

 

[dblack]

Making private prisons is the worst thing we can do as a nation

It's insane. We're privatizing the things government should be doing, and socializing things government has no business meddling in.

 

[Duped]

No victim; no crime. What these zero tolerant morons don't get is that when you take a non predator ( drug offender ) and enculturate them in an enviroment of predators, when they are released, they are never able to fully reintergrate into society - as they probably are now gang affiliated, and are branded with the title of felon for life. They likely don't own anything anymore, and they are instituionalized - a form of mental illness.

Do we really want a bunch of sick, broke, violent, probably dependant on the government for life, intering society by the tens of thousands every month. What about their children, and the deleterious ramifications associated thereto?

I agree that you should not do the crime if you can't do the time - or if you don't want to face the death penalty. However, you shouldn't have to do the time if you have no victim / accuser!

The drug war is terribly counter productive - privatizing the prison system is stupid, and will lead to more people being incarcerated that don't need to be, and more decadence for us all to deal with; a perpetual nightmare

 

[MikeK]

No victim; no crime. What these zero tolerant morons don't get is that when you take a non predator ( drug offender ) and enculturate them in an enviroment of predators, when they are released, they are never able to fully reintergrate into society - as they probably are now gang affiliated, and are branded with the title of felon for life. They likely don't own anything anymore, and they are instituionalized - a form of mental illness.

Do we really want a bunch of sick, broke, violent, probably dependant on the government for life, intering society by the tens of thousands every month. What about their children, and the deleterious ramifications associated thereto?

I agree that you should not do the crime if you can't do the time - or if you don't want to face the death penalty. However, you shouldn't have to do the time if you have no victim / accuser!

The drug war is terribly counter productive - privatizing the prison system is stupid, and will lead to more people being incarcerated that don't need to be, and more decadence for us all to deal with; a perpetual nightmare

One of the counterproductive effects of the drug war is the number of people who have been made virtually unemployable by their criminal records, which are accessible to prospective employers and, mainly because of the Social Security number, remain an almost inescapable stigma. Except for their involvement with an illegal drug, which can be as relatively insignificant as minor marijuana possession, some of the affected individuals were otherwise decent, law-abiding citizens who never harmed anyone but whose lives have been effectively ruined by the scarlet letter of their drug histories. Many of them end up on welfare because they simply cannot find work, while others turn to crime. Still it remains extremely rare that any significant public official even vaguely suggests an alternative to this utterly destructive legacy of the Reagan presidency.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

... it’s a $70 billion gold mine.

just the idea some people are seeking a profit by operating a prison is nauseating.

Management of these affairs are best left to statist flunkies................