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Old and sick behind bars
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 11/27/5
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Posted on 11/27/2005 8:34:51 AM PST by SmithL
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To: Thebaddog
The ironical thang to these writers is that these inmates don't want to leave at this point LOL. Sounds like Morgan Freeman's character in "Shawshank Redemption."
"These walls are funny. At first you want to get out. Then you get used to it."
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Feeds them bologna sandwiches? Sounds like something he may have thought of after listening to a Tom T. Hall song (about what happens to a guy who gets caught speeding in a small town). At least I think the artist was Tom T. Hall.
To: SmithL
Most of the ones mentioned are not a threat to others. The question that remains for me is which is cheaper treatment on the street paid by MediCal or inside paid by the Dept. of Corrections. As these people get older they will need more and more skilled nursing care.
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posted on
11/27/2005 10:56:17 AM PST
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bigsigh
To: adam_az
That;s the nature of jail and one of the big differences between jail and prison. Of the Sherrif ran a prison system he wouldn't be able to do all the things he can do to short timers.
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posted on
11/27/2005 10:58:16 AM PST
by
bigsigh
To: SmithL
He has been battling drug problems since he was 12, and has been in and out of jail almost as long. Precisely why he should remain in jail, dumbass.
I don't wish ill upon anybody, but I really hope that the rapists and murderers whom he wishes to "set free" will visit his house before mine.
Then he may be singing a slightly different tune.
To: Navy Patriot
"17 357 Magnum cartridges, about four bucks."
Wastrel! For that, I can get a full box of 50 .22LR hollow points, and have change to spare. Less mess to clean up afterward, too.
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posted on
11/27/2005 11:00:32 AM PST
by
Old Student
(WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.))
To: SmithL
Sixty-one-year-old Richard Carreiro was the only one who seemed aware of his surroundings, as he sat in a wheelchair watching a rerun of the television show "Cops." He has been battling drug problems since he was 12, and has been in and out of jail almost as long. Rather than being incarcerated, he says he should be getting drug treatment. If he has not stopped using drugs after 50 years, why should we think letting him loose for drug treatment now would change anything?
To: MarkBSenior
"As a society, we should not murder."
The Death Penalty is not murder. It is justice meted out by citizens in a just and lawful manner.
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posted on
11/27/2005 11:52:24 AM PST
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: SmithL
What we saw pointed to the outcome of a "get tough on crime" policy that began decades ago, and has resulted in the continuing incarceration of thousands of ailing and aging inmates, most of whom present little or no threat to public safety. Wait a minute here. The libs were the ones who pushed "life without parole" as an alternative to the death penalty. And how many times have we heard that death row is more expensive than imprisoning people for life? It seems like that is no longer the case.
To: NYCVirago
"Wait a minute here. The libs were the ones who pushed "life without parole" as an alternative to the death penalty. And how many times have we heard that death row is more expensive than imprisoning people for life? It seems like that is no longer the case." Right, now it's 'let the old crooks go so we have new ammo to pretend there still is such a thing as senior poverty--Social Security II, baby-bee!!'
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11/27/2005 8:38:45 PM PST
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LibertarianInExile
(Cowards cut and run. Marines never do. Murtha can ESAD, that cowardly, no-longer-a-Marine, traitor.)
To: adam_az
You can have separate tent jails cordoned off
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