Posted on 02/12/2007 11:22:29 AM PST by B-Chan
"...Sorry, bub. If I ended up in the slammer and was targetted for rape, they would first have to kill me. I'd fight with every inch of life left before I'd allow that. I'd rather die a man than survive as someone's woman..."
~ Blue Jays ~
And as a state matter, you don't think the state ought be concerned about rampant illegal behavior?
Administering justice is not part of their job description. That they do it is improper although if someone went out of their way to hurt me or spit on me then hey, you get what you deserve in that case.
Don't break the law.
This guy was a thrice-convicted drunk driver. If you make the decision to break the law, you risk going to prison... with all its inherent dangers.
Hard labor is a PRIVILEGE in Sheriff Joe's jail.
"If I'm wrong and it's very easy for 100% innocent people to be sent to prison please prove that. If a large number of people in prison are innocent then something needs to be done about that. So please, show me how I'm wrong."
Get your terms right, first of all.
"Prison" is for 1 year and a day. "Jail" is typically for 1 year or less.
Jails are where most rapes occur.
Second, the only "100% innocent" person I have ever heard of is the Christian Messiah, and I believe history records that he had a rather unfortunate experience with the criminal justice system.
For the rest of us, yes, it typically takes some infraction of some kind --- unpaid parking ticket or somesuch --- that creates a warrant and puts you in jail.
And yes, it is typically the nice fat staight-laced accoutant who squeals like a pig in jail for the partking ticket who is too often the victim of rape by real criminals.
Is homosexual sodomy the appropriate punishment for having a ticket check lost in the mail? In your world, I guess so.
noting that even Bush got hit with a DUI once.
driving 3 times after taking antihystemines COULD get you 3 DUI's btw ... that's hardly premeditated anything.
The problem is that if nothing is done to reform prisons to make them less safer, the liberals are going to demand that non-violent criminals not be incarcerated and they will get a lot of public support on the matter.
All of the research indicates that prison violence makes all prisoners (even the ones in there for non-violent crimes) more prone to violence after they are released.
>>>>>>>Prove that.
Prove that he thinks it?
Certainly no one wants prison rape or any other assault to occur, but you lost a loved one to one of these victims, it is hard to work up sympathy for them.
Certainly no one wants prison rape or any other assault to occur, but you lost a loved one to one of these victims, it is hard to work up sympathy for them.
Jeff Dahlmer was beaten to death by an inmate on "custodial duty" who had removed a weight bar from an exercise room. The whole thing happened while guards were having a smoke break. I believe the killer was already serving life for murder (Wisconsin has no death penalty, yet!) so it seems that even murderers have their standards.
Since Dahlmer had a life expectancy of maybe fifty more years and the cost of incarcerating a maximum security prisoner is about $35,000 a year, our janitor saved the Wisconsin taxpayer $1 3/4 million. I think we should chip in and buy him a carton of smokes or something.
Regards,
GtG
PS Child molesters are defiantly at the bottom of the prison food chain.
"He was sentenced for a DUI. That generally means minimum security."
Not true at all, it was his 3rd and in many states that is a Felony conviction that carries a year, or longer, in Prison. Not County Jail, Prison. With murders, rapists, sexual predators and the worst dregs of our society.
10 hours a day of hard labor would probably take some of the fight out of those rapists. Prosecuting them for crimes in the pen might be a good idea too.
Note to self: Don't get 3 DUIs
Current Score:
DUI's 0
So? Most people in prison are not innocent. Judging by the statistics from the The Innocence Project you are correct. I think that those found innocent are owed some major bucks for their time in prison.
I bet this is why Richard Hatch failed to pay his taxes so he could enjoy this type of prison life.
I'll send the guy a carton.
In your neck of the woods it means one thing. The meaning is lost in translation from here.
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