Prison Reform

[francolettieri]

First of all, we need to stop locking up people for stupid reasons (non violent offenders) which would drastically lower the prison population. The paragraph below is intended for dealing with violent prisoners, the kind both liberals and conservatives agree should be locked up!!!!..........


Here in free society, we so a fairly good job of existing peacfully among different races, but prison is a far different savage and barbaric place where peace among different races is and always will me impossible. Instead of even attemping it, I say keep the races complety separated by a tall brick/razor wire walls. In my opinion doing so would help protect prisoners and more importantly...PRISON GUARDS!! I believe we should do everything in our power to keep prisoners and prison guards from being victimized and make the occupation of prison guard/security easier and less stressful. This would also be a big step to reduce the chances of incidents happening. I also believe sex offenders and Homosexual and /HIV/Hepatitis infected prisoners should be separated to stop the spread of disease and violence against them. Keeping all these demographics of prisoners separated might be complicated, but i believe its necessary. A lot of people think its good when prisoners get victimized. I disagreee for several reasons.

1. The prisoner might be innocent
2. The prisoner may eventually be released back into society the stress/trauma of being victimized could fuel a tremendous amount of anger that could be directed among innocent civilians after the prisoners release
3. Happier less stressed prisoners makes the Prison Guards job alot easier
4. Prisoners will eventually get what they desserve anyway!!!

I just think we need a who new generation of high tech, innovative prisons that need to be creativly managed to reduce the stress and trauma or both inmates and guards, by trying to eliminate as much violence as possible, make it diffictult or impossible to smuggle in drugs/communication devices and craft knvives/weapons.


Stop locking up non violent people
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[sharesunited]

1. I applaud your idealism, and welcome to DU!

Please recognize, however, that no person in authority cares about prison reform, and that most of the electorate believes that prison should be as inhumane a place as possible.

If you want to promote a change that is both humane and will garner popular support, I would suggest that you promote the right to opt out of this life~~ voluntary assisted suicide by self injection of a strong morphine solution. A right which every inmate should have.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. mental health treatment -

too many mentally ill people end up in prison, because (due to Reagan) there is no other place to hold them, much less treat them. They suffer doubly, once because their mental illnesses continue to be misdiagnosed, untreated or worse, and next, because they are institutionalized in prisons, because our current society has no place else to put them.

Ours is a sick society, and we fail to treat those most in need.

[deminatl]

3. non violent offenders

so, non violent offenders like say Bernard Madoff should not be locked up???
I must disagree

[francolettieri]

4. Good point

Good point. Frauds and notorious con-men are one of the exceptions to the rule. They should be locked up. Madoff got what he deserved!!