Panel on Prison Rape Hears Victims' Chilling Accounts

NY Times ^ | August 20, 2005 | CAROLYN MARSHALL

[jimbo123]

Funny how the liberals care more about the dignity of prisoners than the dignity of their victims.

[Turbopilot]

I wonder how many of the posters cheering for or neutral on prison rape would consider the act an intolerable mortal sin if both parties were willing participants?

[HangnJudge]

Many are in jail for nonviolent drug offenses. Their only crime? Using an intoxicating substance other than alcohol or tobacco.

To do this, you must engage in criminal behavior to obtain drugs,
Consort with known criminals (pushers)
Often engage in criminal behavior to obtain money for drugs
Unless you are independently rich.

[jammer]

Great question. Sobering that you had to ask, but it's effective.

[TheForceOfOne]

17 percent of all inmates in federal prisons are illegal immigrants and that doesn't even include state and local jails. You want to reduce prison overcrowding, there is you answer.

[marajade]

If you run an FBI fingerprint check, juvenile records are available.

[jammer]

On a scale of 1 (yawn) to 10 (the sky is falling!), how much are we supposed to care?

Well, if you give a 0.5 to Scott Peterson or Natalee Holloway or Michael Jackson, i.e., watched one minute of coverage of any of it, I'd say about an 8.0.

[stinkerpot65]

If Rush Limbaugh goes to prison for drug abuse, does he deserve to be raped?

[Gunrunner2]

Went after the "reporters" bias that he was in effect an innocent man, just a harmless prankster and not the serious criminal that he was. Armed robbery is serious, or didn't you know. The reporter put the emotional hype in the article and I objected. Said what had happened to the bad guy was bad. The whole situation needed to be put in context--the bad guy was a bad guy, not some innocent prankster. "Strong implication". . .only for those that read fast and emote, not think.

Bye-bye, got things to do.

[processing please hold]

Great question. Sobering that you had to ask, but it's effective.

It was, wasn't it...

Who was that man that murdered all those nurses in the 60's I believe? That video that came out when he died showed him with breast and partying with drugs and alcohol...while in prison. I wonder how many were outraged that that had happened while he was locked up. He bragged that he had more fun in prison than out.

[I see my hands]

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Gunrunner2 said:

"Hahahaha"

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[happinesswithoutpeace]

"Who was that man that murdered all those nurses in the 60's I believe?"

Richard Speck. This is a messed up thread btw.

[HangnJudge]

Another take on the very concept of prison
I believe is flawed

200 years ago, no one was held in prison, except until they were sentenced
then one of 3 things happened
1. Pay a fine / removal of property / restitution
2. Physical punishment
3. Execution

The very definition of felony was to some degree established around
the presumption of execution for your deed.

[jammer]

Excuse me. What was the point of your post, then, if not to say that he deserved it? Just to mouth off to say the guy was a criminal, which we all, including the guy, knew?

No. You would not have posted unless you either had a point to make or that you were lonely and just wanted some conversation.

[Mark was here]

Those comments and attitude will go great on the liberals' posters to show how stupid conservatives are.

The stupid ones are the ones who commit crimes knowing the may have to go to prison and "toss the salad".

[jammer]

Richard Speck?

[processing please hold]

That's him...thanks.

You're right, it is a messed up thread.

[trubluolyguy]

Yep. Prison....still a bad place to go.

[trubluolyguy]

Losertarian?

[trane250]

Both cons and libs have signed off on the old-fashioned punishment of hard labor in favor of jail care. What a waste of taxpayers' money.

I say bring back the chain gang and the renting out of convict labor. This would have the dual benefit of bringing in money to the state and reducing the need for illegal immigrants. In return for good conduct, a convict would be permitted conjugal visits.