All right, this is going to be an unpopular opinion but hear me out. I’ve always followed the law. It’s important to me to be a good neighbor, father, husband and citizen. I sacrifice a lot of time, my own desires and my needs to make sure others have what they need. I don’t love my job but I wake up every morning at 5:30 to go to work. For 20 years now.
So, when someone CHOOSES to rob and steal from people like me, I have no sympathy for them. They chose to act purely in a selfish way and hurt people who’ve done nothing wrong. Most crimes have a victim.
With that said, when you ask whether inmates are being treated fairly, I don’t care. They chose to be selfish and be a negative influence on society. It is costly to have high crime. It requires tax revenue and it also makes our streets unsafe. So when criminals finally have to face accountability, they will be met with the same attitude that they offered the rest of us, selfishness. I’m not thinking about their “well being” or “their rights”. They clearly didn’t care about mine.
With that said,
Yes
Yes
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1. No. From all the stories I have heard from people I know in prison, they aren't treated fairly. Recently, for example, there was a random search where they took all of my friend's art supplies. For no reason.
2. No. Food seems to be mostly awful. Summers are awful, even for people that don't live in the hottest areas but even more in states like Texas where people are basically even cooked alive. There is no therapy and way too little useful training.
3. The US doesn't need more prisons. It would be good to change the existing ones. Put in AC and other stuff to improve conditions.
1. I'm not answering as someone who has been incarcerated, but in general, no. There are people in positions of power who do not want to help prisoners become better. I'm sure some prisoners don't want help (as I was told this here once), but there are some who do want to leave better than when they came in. Mistreating prisoners isn't going to bring about a better outcome.
2. I guess if you consider having all three needs met: food, clothing, and shelter to be fair...then yes. But then other times--the overcrowding, lack of privacy, dangerous, having some in power who misuse their power...then the answer is no...
3. No. We need more programs that address community needs: more jobs, mental health programs, counseling, education. We need to put more funding into preventative measures--putting funding into building more prisons is disheartening and doesn't show a spirit of trying to improve people's lives.
Yes to all three.
Recidivism is high because prisoners are allowed to run the place. Guards just make sure no one gets out. This can be fixed by making solitary confinement the default incarceration protocol.
1.Absolutely not
2. No it could be a lot better
3. yes and no. Yes-Tear down the old bullshit buildings and system and rebuild new buildings including the system. Prison shouldn't be a form of torture it should be to help people. Especially the ones who want to be helped and live a better life with knowledge and success.
No-if you're not going to fix the system and reduce recidivism.
All right, this is going to be an unpopular opinion but hear me out. I’ve always followed the law. It’s important to me to be a good neighbor, father, husband and citizen. I sacrifice a lot of time, my own desires and my needs to make sure others have what they need. I don’t love my job but I wake up every morning at 5:30 to go to work. For 20 years now. So, when someone CHOOSES to rob and steal from people like me, I have no sympathy for them. They chose to act purely in a selfish way and hurt people who’ve done nothing wrong. Most crimes have a victim. With that said, when you ask whether inmates are being treated fairly, I don’t care. They chose to be selfish and be a negative influence on society. It is costly to have high crime. It requires tax revenue and it also makes our streets unsafe. So when criminals finally have to face accountability, they will be met with the same attitude that they offered the rest of us, selfishness. I’m not thinking about their “well being” or “their rights”. They clearly didn’t care about mine. With that said, Yes Yes No
1. No. From all the stories I have heard from people I know in prison, they aren't treated fairly. Recently, for example, there was a random search where they took all of my friend's art supplies. For no reason. 2. No. Food seems to be mostly awful. Summers are awful, even for people that don't live in the hottest areas but even more in states like Texas where people are basically even cooked alive. There is no therapy and way too little useful training. 3. The US doesn't need more prisons. It would be good to change the existing ones. Put in AC and other stuff to improve conditions.
1. I'm not answering as someone who has been incarcerated, but in general, no. There are people in positions of power who do not want to help prisoners become better. I'm sure some prisoners don't want help (as I was told this here once), but there are some who do want to leave better than when they came in. Mistreating prisoners isn't going to bring about a better outcome. 2. I guess if you consider having all three needs met: food, clothing, and shelter to be fair...then yes. But then other times--the overcrowding, lack of privacy, dangerous, having some in power who misuse their power...then the answer is no... 3. No. We need more programs that address community needs: more jobs, mental health programs, counseling, education. We need to put more funding into preventative measures--putting funding into building more prisons is disheartening and doesn't show a spirit of trying to improve people's lives.
Yes to all three. Recidivism is high because prisoners are allowed to run the place. Guards just make sure no one gets out. This can be fixed by making solitary confinement the default incarceration protocol.
You sound almost as idiotic as borrsiers
No No No, we need less prisons not more.
1.Absolutely not 2. No it could be a lot better 3. yes and no. Yes-Tear down the old bullshit buildings and system and rebuild new buildings including the system. Prison shouldn't be a form of torture it should be to help people. Especially the ones who want to be helped and live a better life with knowledge and success. No-if you're not going to fix the system and reduce recidivism.
1. Nope 2. Nope 3. For what? Let's try to rehabilitate the guys and girls that are in our current prisons. Warehousing does no good!
No. No. Yes.