Posted on 08/01/2004 5:37:33 PM PDT by neverdem
Inmates in California prisons may not be learning any job skills to help them stay straight once their terms end, but at least they're being taught to feel good about themselves.
In a policy shift so irrational it could only have been designed by the state prison guards union, 300 vocational education classrooms in state prisons were shuttered at the beginning of the year. This might be understandable if it were a cost-cutting move, but the state is saving little or nothing by closing the courses. The instructors who formerly provided inmates a chance to succeed in the outside world are now conducting self-esteem "modules" instead. These use workbooks hammering the sort of feel-good lessons that some prison experts believe increase, not decrease, recidivism (one can imagine the resulting thought process of an inmate — "I'm gonna be the best darned crook I can be!").
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Expect a big return to these policies if hanoi john is elected. His black robe tyrants will go back to these extreme social engineering programs that gave us glamour slammers in the first place.
"I'm gonna be the best darned crook I can be!").
They'll have to be. With the high ratio of illegal aliens living in CA, they won't get a job anyway. 79% of LA is Hispanic. Here in Vegas, 24% is Hispanic...we're up 40% since 2000. The average age of Hispanics here is 26. I can hardly wait until they marry and get their Anchor Babies started. Our taxes are already thru the roof. 12% of my real estate taxes go for "indigent healthcare." It's listed right on the bill. In the meantime, I can't afford my own. Whole industries are being swallowed up by illegal labor here. What chance does a jailbird have in getting respectable work when he gets out? The answer is none. Welcome to increased taxes to subsidize his lifestyle.
"I'm gonna be the best darned crook I can be!").
They'll have to be. With the high ratio of illegal aliens living in CA, they won't get a job anyway. 79% of LA is Hispanic. Here in Vegas, 24% is Hispanic...we're up 40% since 2000. The average age of Hispanics here is 26. I can hardly wait until they marry and get their Anchor Babies started. Our taxes are already thru the roof. 12% of my real estate taxes go for "indigent healthcare." It's listed right on the bill. In the meantime, I can't afford my own. Whole industries are being swallowed up by illegal labor here. What chance does a jailbird have in getting respectable work when he gets out? The answer is none. Welcome to increased taxes to subsidize his lifestyle and an increased crime rate.
This is too good to pass up, even though I have not read the story. Let me guess! Killers are being taught to think of themselves as normal and worthy citizens.
I thought this was going to be about the Democrat Party.
If the California Prison Education system was as corrupt as the medical system. It's no wonder they shuddered it.
I guess I'm getting dense. Could you explain that statement?
Seek medical service you'll figure it out.
Normally, I take care of myself. What's your assessment, greedy docs, greedy specialists, lawyers, gov't?
Crooks With Self-Esteem"
I thought this was going to be about the Democrat Party.
It IS. If the word CROOKS is mentioned, the Dimocratic will be very near.
Maybe I should retract that, since we Republicans stole the 2000 election. (sarcasm)
One minor point: I don't think the Democrats tend to have much self-esteem. It's hard to maintain from the sewer.
Arnold just ordered the complete renegotiation and overhaul of the California prison medical system because they were paying 5 times what medicare pays for procedures and they were outsourcing stuff, that the prisons had resources internally to handle.
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