Skip to comments.
Locked Up: 1 in 99 in the Slammer
Foxnews ^
| Friday, February 29, 2008
| AP
Posted on 02/29/2008 5:13:51 AM PST by Carbonsteel
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-52 next last
To: Carbonsteel
It is not like we just lock people up arbitrarily. Those folks in our prisons are there because a judge and jury determined that they needed to be punished for committing one or more crimes. This high rate of incarceration probably says a lot about the break down of our society more than anything else.
21
posted on
02/29/2008 5:58:37 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: marvlus
My wife and I were in Quito, Equador a couple of years ago. In downtown, the walls surrounding property are topped with broken glass and barbed wire. Heavy metal shutters cover business fronts at night. When open, every shop had an armed guard.
We went out to one of the nicer restaurants one evening. Our taxi was met by the doorman armed with an AK-47. I kid you not.
But, hey. I bet their incarceration rate is lower.
To: marvlus
What I saw there was much lawlessness, drunkenness, a survival of the fittest culture. I'll take your word for how bad it was there, but you can find what you've described in any US inner city.
23
posted on
02/29/2008 6:01:08 AM PST
by
no nau
To: Arm_Bears
I wrote a book on this subject called “The Spirit Set Me Free” (Paulist Press) available on Amazon.com
It features ordinary men and woman from across the country who discovered Christ where they least expected to — in prison.
Frederick Hermann
24
posted on
02/29/2008 6:03:10 AM PST
by
blessu
(blessu)
To: Hazcat
2/3 of them are Americans. How about deporting the 1/3 and put more Americans behind bars to fill the void? Then maybe I’d be able to visit downtown Baltimore without seeing a stabbing, mugging, or carjacking.
25
posted on
02/29/2008 6:04:56 AM PST
by
Vision
("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
To: Carbonsteel
This incarceration rate is one of many reasons why everyone is the world wants in here.
26
posted on
02/29/2008 6:05:56 AM PST
by
Vision
("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
To: Carbonsteel
If you do the crime, you must do the time.
27
posted on
02/29/2008 6:06:27 AM PST
by
kabar
To: Vision
The widely cited figure of 1/3 foreigners in our jails is for FEDERAL prisons, which hold only about 10% of all prisoners (and, of course, concentrate on smuggling, immigration and other offenses whre foreigners would be overrepresented). A DOJ reports says only about 10% of the total number of prisoners in the US are foreigners. Check the site for “Bureau of Justice Statistics.”
To: BohDaThone
It surprises me that there are no illegal aliens in state prisons. There’s no illegal in San Quentin?
29
posted on
02/29/2008 6:13:52 AM PST
by
Vision
("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
To: Vision
Not none — I didn’t say that — just not 1/3, on a nationwide basis.
To: Carbonsteel
SOLUTION: Let all the law abiding live behind the protected prison walls, let all the convicts out. Soon the convicts will have all killed themselves in gang wars leaving us with a new start.
31
posted on
02/29/2008 6:18:37 AM PST
by
meandog
(Please pray for future President McCain--day minus 325 and counting! Stay home and get Baraked!)
To: robertpaulsen
“My wife and I were in Quito, Ecuador a couple of years ago. In downtown, the walls surrounding property are topped with broken glass and barbed wire. Heavy metal shutters cover business fronts at night....”
Reminds me of the French Quarter in New Orleans BEFORE Katrina hit. Lot’s of razor wire, too. And it’s still like that today...
32
posted on
02/29/2008 6:25:04 AM PST
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)
To: MarkL
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there arent enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Excellent quote. The same could be said for taxation, too.....
33
posted on
02/29/2008 6:31:11 AM PST
by
Thermalseeker
(Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
To: Arm_Bears
Begs the question: Why do do many people in such a wealthy country decide to break the law?
34
posted on
02/29/2008 6:31:35 AM PST
by
Homer1
To: Carbonsteel
35
posted on
02/29/2008 6:32:39 AM PST
by
KDD
(Freedom begins between the ears. -- Edward Abbey)
To: Carbonsteel
The story isn’t how many people are locked up, the story here is the necessity of having to lock these people up. Locking up crimnals is a reaction to their behavior and their personal choice to commit crime. Jail or prison is where they need to be.
36
posted on
02/29/2008 6:40:57 AM PST
by
FrdmLvr
To: Carbonsteel
With freedom comes great responsibility. Some cant handle either.
37
posted on
02/29/2008 6:43:49 AM PST
by
Niteranger68
(Where are they hiding Obama’s white half?)
To: Carbonsteel
The reason why we have so many people in jail is simple: We have a lot of crime.
To: blessu
Another problem is that a lot of them discover muhamad in there too.
39
posted on
02/29/2008 6:47:12 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: kabar
Or, they could follow the best line in “Liar, Liar” -
“STOP BREAKING THE LAW, 4$$h013!”
40
posted on
02/29/2008 6:48:00 AM PST
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-52 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson