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What should be done about American prisoner numbers?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:48 am
by _Bond...James Bond
We incarcerate more people than anyone on Earth. 1 in every 100 American adults is in prison. What should we do with these people? Do we just continue to sit on them (figuratively of course)? What what what? Imprisoning all these people in my opinion is a waste of money.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbc ... /803020392
Personally I think prisoners should be offered a choice of serving in the military rather than sitting in prison. Offer two for one years could draw a few recruits (2 years in prison sentence for 1 year of service). More men to fill our manpower shortages, empty the prisons. That's what I think anyway. What's anyone else thing on the subject?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:18 am
by _Boaz & Lidia
With that amount, I wonder why we still do animal testing. Humans are far more descriptive.
Tester in charge: "NEXT!"
Tester: "You! number DU-459C-004, take this cleaner and pour some into your eye"
DU-459C-004 cringes as he pours the cleaner into his eye...
Tester: "How does it feel?"
DU-459C-004: "It feels like it is burning and it stings"
Tester: "Noted. Can you see out of that eye?"
DU-459C-004: "Not very well.. sobbing... it is blurry"
Tester: "Rinse that eye and get back in line, you still have another eye"
Later that year we pick up the new cleaner and read the warning label:
WARNING! KEEP OUT OF EYES!!!
May cause burning, stinging and blurry or loss or vison.
Oh and this marketing jingle:
"Buy with confidence, this product is animal testing free!"
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:11 am
by _moksha
Too bad we couldn't do a Mariel-like boatload to France.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:28 pm
by _Moniker
Oh! We get them as young people in our schools. We don't shuffle them into special education where they are neglected and set aside to continue on their path of learned helplessness. They need adults that help them understand their worth and value. It's too late for most by the time they're in prison, imho. :(
This didn't address your concern, I guess....... sorry.... I just have issues with teens being shuffled into segments of the school population, held back, and then not encouraged in our schools.
/teeny rant off/
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:18 pm
by _Mercury
Decriminalization for posession of a harmless plant for starters.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:53 pm
by _asbestosman
Do you think Soylent Greens would help cut down on the cost of feeding prisoners?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:14 pm
by _Bond...James Bond
Mercury wrote:Decriminalization for posession of a harmless plant for starters.
I agree. Legalize it and tax it hell out of it.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:48 pm
by _Mercury
Bond...James Bond wrote:Mercury wrote:Decriminalization for posession of a harmless plant for starters.
I agree. Legalize it and tax it hell out of it.
Totally. If I could purchase a metered amount in a safe, clean federally regulated environment the world would be a better place.
Plus weed does not kill your liver.
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:26 am
by _Scottie
I'm not so sure our prisons are overflowing with weed smokers...
Re: What should be done about American prisoner numbers?
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:58 am
by _ludwigm
Bond...James Bond wrote:...
Personally I think prisoners should be offered a choice of serving in the military rather than sitting in prison. Offer two for one years could draw a few recruits (2 years in prison sentence for 1 year of service). More men to fill our manpower shortages, empty the prisons. That's what I think anyway. What's anyone else thing on the subject?
As a retired officer of the army, I am happy to be a retired one ( and to be non-US captain ) after this will be introduced.