In short this is insane.You are sentenced to jail for a crime,but if you have enough money you can upgrade your accommodations.For $155 dollars a night you can get cable,big screen tv,and even menu choices.The largest selling point seems to be the quiet relaxed atmosphere.All this can be...
Not only does this example show just how bad our jail/prison systems are run, it also points out that jail must not be that bad of a place to live. Not that I want to go there.
Former inmate sneaks back into jail at Rikers Island and impersonates Department of Corrections employee [PIX...
A student caught with pills at a party was locked in a holding cell for 5 days without food or water. He drank his own urine to stay hydrated. When they finally opened the door, a guard said, 'Here's the water you've been asking for."
Remember kids, if these laws keep one person from getting...
It seems California's prison overcrowding problem may be self-correction.
Thousands Of CA Prisoners On Hunger Strike - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis
It seems they even have a list of demands. :):
So, let's say that a murderer, rapist, or child molester develops cancer while in prison. Should we, as tax payers, pay for that inmate to be transported to a hospital, under constant guard, and given chemo, bone marrow transplant, radiation therapy, etc?
I kind of see both sides to this, and...
The state is bankrupt. They just won't admit it. Not just financially but it also faces a bankruptcy of ideas and leadership.
So now the governor is closing down a prison, releasing prisoners.
And closing down homes for the treatment of those mentally ill, turning them out onto the streets...
Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the Prisoners on New York’s Rikers Island « Solitary Watch
Needing to evacuate is probably not needed right now, I agree with that on the surface.
The big issue is that there is NOTHING in place should they need to evacuate, be it tomorrow or a...
Florida is on track to privatize 30 state prisons.
The advantage of this move would be almost certainly more efficient and cost-effecting incarceration.
The disadvantage, in my view, is the creation of business incentives for creating crimes & keeping people incarcerated. Now "corrections...
Things are going to be so rough for the Norwegian shooter when he's locked up in prison. On the flip side, tho, American prisons could learn from the Norwegians, since we imprison so many of our people for victimless crimes.
Inside the World's Most Humane Prison - Photo Essays - TIME
In America, the government is so big and unrestrained that it has the power to "ban" plants that grow straight out of the ground.
An Oklahoman mom of 4, Patricia Spottedcrow, tried to sell $31 worth of plants, and now she will spend the next TEN YEARS in prison.
How $31 of pot gave mom a...
break law go to jail
do the crime do the time.
drugs are bad mmkay
mo cops mo problems
no crime no time
obey me slave
prison
victimless crimes
war on drugs
It would save money and it's the right thing to do. Of course those who benefit from the drug war prosecutions are against it. They don't want to be seen as "soft on crime", it might hurt their political chances come election time. Of course these same people don't actually like the idea of just...
DNA clears Texas man who spent 30 years in prison - Yahoo! News
Couldn't imagine losing 30 years of life from a false accusation.
So if someone gets exonerated, their record cleared, and have no other convictions in the past will they have their full rights back or are there "hang-ups"...
It seems that Indiana is one of around 20 states taking initiatives to reform their crime sentencing policies. This article points out that "In Indiana, the average sentence for a drug sale is 96 months, but the average sentence for sexual assault is only 65 months." There is something...
It bothers me so much that criminals and murderers are sent to prison. Yea it's bad but it no bad enough. I would love to see prisoners have to work for their room and board. Who pays for it right now? I do! You do! The people who don't commit the crimes. What about bailing out the auto...
Defending yourself, misunderstanding, mistaken identity, or whatever, if you are taken into custody, what happens?
How are you searched?
Where are you held?
Are there others in the cell with you?
How long can you be held without being charged?
No plans, just curious.
The U.S. prison population is astounding. We have more people incarcerated than any other country. We have almost 1% of the overall population locked up, and 1 in 28 kids have a parent in prison. Well over 2 million people are in prison in the United States.
The U.S. has more people locked up...