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People keep on saying that things should be harder for people in jail. People are always looking for stuff like smoking, TVs and sports to be banned and going on about good food, clothes, medical care. Doesn't everybody deserve that?
Do people who haven't been there not realise how bad and boring it can be. I know that for me being away from my family and friends was tough enough and you are locked up and told what to do and when to do it - so why do some people want to make it even worse? Treating people badly only makes things worse.
I know I'm biased because I've been there but still.
2006-12-14 05:00:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
People in prison are in there for a crime they committed and this is one of the consequences of breaking a law. Many of the individuals who are in prison are good people who made a BAD mistake. But then there are those others crimes and people that the MEDIA focuses on, which is why many people feel inmates are scum. The media also makes prison look more glamorous than it really is.
We have prisons to teach people a lesson on the crimes they commit. They can be a useful tool. However, many prisons are becoming more of a daycare for adults that society doesn't know what to do with and do not offer constructive things to do outside of TV or using the weight room.
Inmates are people first. It is humane to have their basic needs met, food, clothing, medical attention, etc. When an inmate is in prison, they become institutionalized. Many prisons do not offer many vocational and educational programs. Nor do they offer many solid transitional program so people can become decent, law abiding productive citizens of Society.
If people are not offered things to fill their time constructively, they tend to cause more problems and riots and our tax money is being spent to keep people in prison longer for petty charges in many cases.
The average person would be surprised how much their tax money is being misused by the judicial and prison systems. My husband is in prison and many inmates, him included, have to have their family and friends send them money so they can have personal hygiene, medical supplies such as prescriptions, extra clothing, shoes, education, etc. But the prison will pay for cable...and I don't have cable because I'm paying for things that the prison should be paying for!
Many people do not realize that education is not free in prison and you cannot get vocational skills or goals met while in prison.
Cable should not be offered in prison, instead they should be working on education and other areas. But they don't offer these things, so inmates are given a TV to slowly rot their brains and they is not much a person can do to help better themselves.
Many people are so closed minded, they never actually talked to a person who has experienced having a loved on in prison. If they did and were open minded, they could learn a lot and could very well be upset about how our government wastes our tax paying money.
2006-12-14 05:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Erica, AKA Stretch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 19:13:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone deserves food, clothing and medical care. Lots of people that are not breaking the law don't have enough of any of those however.
TV's etc ---no, everyone doesn't DESERVE those. If you had access while you were there - be thankful.
I can see why tv's would be there - as there has to be something to do - but can't it be like where you have jobs and actually halfway support your stay there?
2006-12-14 05:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
History has shown time and again that the only way to seriously crack the crime problem is to have agressive rehabilitation and training schemes in prisons combined with effective drug treatment programmes. If people are given proper ways of making a living and staying clean, they don't re-offend. Tough regimes do not act as a deterrant and only result in people re-entering the prison system in a short space of time because they can't do anything else.
2006-12-14 05:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by Cardinal Fang 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are thinking about the money it costs taxpayers to buy all that entertainment to a person they feel doesn't deserve it. I've never heard of anyone complaining about clothing and food, but I have heard the gripes about TV and cigs. I think in place of TV, cons should get a choice of education (to be reimbursed upon release) to better prepare themselves for when they are back in the world. TV should be a reward for good behavior.
Cigs and health care should be automatic, as well as uniform and food (not fillet minion)
2006-12-14 05:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Delta Charlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being in jail is supposed to be hard. Why should they get to do what they want? They are there because they broke the law. If they want to smoke or watch sports they should not have committed the crime they are paying for.
2006-12-14 05:51:18 · answer #6 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, they're criminals. No, they don't deserve everything that everyone else has because they forfeited all of that when they decided to break the law. You screwed up, and now you have to pay for it...the hard way. Prison isn't supposed to be fun. And that's why all of them are full. They know that they can get three hots and a cot for free!
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime!
2006-12-14 05:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by spikeyblonde_22 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jail should be the bare minimum to ensure their survival and nothing else. Want to have something to do, they have books. Weights and tv are too nice for prisons.
2006-12-14 06:59:57 · answer #8 · answered by pedohunter1488 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people get upset when they realize that there are non-criminals living outside of prison in worse conditions than the people who are in jail. Personally, I think that means we should work to improve conditions outside of jail, rather than worsen them inside of jail.
2006-12-14 05:03:32 · answer #9 · answered by AClaire 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
People haven't been there for a reason. They aren't criminals. They don't have to be locked in cages to protect innocent people. Don't ask for sympathy from me. Ask someone who has been a victim how they feel about it. Did the criminal show them any compassion when they robbed or raped them. Grow up.
2006-12-14 05:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋