After touring (no, I wasn’t an inmate) some federal prisons I am a firm believer that we need to change the system.
All the people who believe that prisons should be hells on earth miss the point: we’re making people worse. If we’re going to reintroduce them into society we can’t be giving them advanced courses in criminality. There are alternatives that still serve as punishment.
Before anybody criticizes me, please state if you have toured or served in prisons, OK?
I haven’t, but... let’s just say a sizable portion of my family is very familiar with the justice system. I completely agree with you. The system as it is now has at least a 40% recidivism rate. No other nation experiences that. And how did we ever let prison behavior/customs seep into the mainstream? I’m talking about the baggy pant hanging so low as to show underwear. I don’t know the answer, but what we have now is corrupt and creating more advanced criminals.
Federal Prison? That’s a vacation. Try working in Wayne County Jail. (Detroit)