01-26-2006, 07:18 PM
Mithrandir,Jan 26 2006, 10:13 AM Wrote:The entire American prison system has a rather significant identity crisis. [right][snapback]100212[/snapback][/right]Just a couple of thoughts on your post.
1. The "three strikes and you are out" foolishness and "mandatory minimum sentencing" has increased the prison populations. This makes the task of rehab, if it is even viable, even more difficult.
2. If rehab is the sincere aim, and I am not so sure that Penal Codes imply rehab, then there is no requirement to have TV's in a prison, nor is there a need to have weight equipment. To isolate and control the environment and set the conditions for a rehab approach, an attempt at significant value resetting and behavior modification, is not supported by toxic influences. (TV is a toxic influence, so too is any modern mass media entertainment.)
3. I wonder at the desire of our fellow citizens to rehab, given the number of scofflaws who avoid any punishment via the various loopholes in our "justice" system.
Not debating death penalty with you. Very simply, I am for it, I am for improving the process to reduce the "false positive" rate for such a sentence. It appears that DNA evidence is helpful in more cases, so exploring that should be a priority.
I no longer have the patience to explain why I am for it on an internet discussion forum.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete