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Do you know anyone in prison?
| Response | Percent | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 56% | 328 | |
| Yes. | 36% | 215 | |
| More than one. | 7% | 42 | |
| Total | 585 | ||
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Comments
smitty 5 years, 2 months ago
I know and speak to Robert Gilmore when he's on the streets. He's been in jail quite a few times.
If we are going to support so much institutional incarceration, I believe we need to establish safe and competent housing for the mentally ill that doesn't make them criminals.
Wonder what the statistics look like with cases like Simon's taken into consideration?
Jcjayhawk1 5 years, 2 months ago
It costs three to four times as much to house a prisoner as it does to enroll them into a treatment program. The RAND Corporation has found that drug treatment is much more effective and far less costly than longer sentences or conventional enforcement.
purplesage 5 years, 2 months ago
The "correctional" industry treats individuals sentenced to its custody with such contempt and disrespect that it is nearly impossible for anyone to emerge from the pit with a shred of self-respect intact.
I recognize that there are exceptions - representatives of the true criminal personality - but many of those in custody are there because of addictions. Far better to restore the dignity that addiciitons take, provide treatment and hope, than to continue to dehumanize as the current system does.
Easy_Does_It 5 years, 2 months ago
I have actually lost touch with most of the gang. We used to be real close. At the time we all promised to stay in touch but you know how things go, you get busy and time just goes.....
Marty_McFly 5 years, 2 months ago
Just my Uncle Joey.
peachesncream 5 years, 2 months ago
no i dont, but i know a few that should be there.....
Newell_Post 5 years, 2 months ago
I used to do some work in the USDB (military prison) in Leavenworth. That was an interesting place. Since it operates under the code of military justice, they don't have to give the inmates all of the same rights as in civilian prisons. They ran a pretty tight ship.
But even there, most of the inmates were in for dope. And due to some of the military regulations at the time, I knew inmates who were in for extremely small quantities of weed, on the first offense. One guy had been an engineer officer (electrical engineer by training) and he worked as a trustee for the maintenance group. He said he had been framed by guys planting a few joints in his locker. Almost every inmate has a story and none of them are guilty of anything, but I got to know this guy, and I believed him.
Probably a good officer and a good career ruined by an idiotic rule.
Lynn731 5 years, 2 months ago
Yes, I put some of them there. They deserved it. I hope it is a positive learning experience for them, though I doubt it. Thank you, Lynn
RedwoodCoast 5 years, 2 months ago
Just like I said in the other forum on prison. I think Lynn731's post is a prime example of what I'm talking about--this whole notion of "getting what they deserve." I agree that criminals need to be punished in some way, but if you stop there, then I'm afraid you haven't gone far enough to ensure that when they get out, they won't make a return visit.
Most people who commit crimes don't just wake up one day and decide to become a criminal. If you want to decrease recitivism, then you need to look at the root cause of criminal behavior, which is likely different for every individual. If you can identify the cause of criminal behavior in each individual, ONLY THEN can we make any progress at decreasing the popularity of our prison cells. Some people might "learn their lesson," but I'm afraid that prison's are more akin to institutions of higher learning for criminal behavior.
notajayhawk 5 years, 2 months ago
Depends on what you meant by "know..."
Newell_Post 5 years, 2 months ago
They're not talking about the Biblical sense of the word, nota....
notajayhawk 5 years, 2 months ago
Then yes.
denak 5 years, 2 months ago
The majority of people in jail or prison deserve to be there. Are there innocent people in prison, yes there are. However, most of them willingly broke the law and deserve to pay the price for their actions.
To answer the LJW question, yes I do. Some close relatives. Some of them in prison for drug issues. They deserve to be there. And most of them, when they are honest about, agree that they should be.
Dena
inmate 5 years, 2 months ago
I wish I had time to answer this, but I have to go for my daily hour in the yard right now.
pomegranate 5 years, 2 months ago
I know a man in jail(soon to be prison) for conspiracy in the murder of a cop. He was a very bad boy from the getgo, and has never changed. He is 50 years old now I also know a prison guard in San Quentin on death row. He knows that despicable Scott Peterson. I know the family of the warden at Folsom Prison. Along with numerous police officers, and FBI. They really do like donuts!
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