Would it be benefical to put crooks under house arrest?
2007-01-26 09:43:42 · 12 answers · asked by CLIVE C 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The only benefit of house arrest is that the criminal has the burden of paying to be placed on house arrest. The other scenario of incarceration requires tax money to finance the incarceration in a state of federal facility. However there are ways in which a criminal can re-commit crimes again if they have that mind set. It's a double edge sword. On one hand jails and prisons cost money, on the other hand criminals may be tempted to re-commit crime. I say down with the country club environment that criminals enjoy in jails and prison, and bring back the chain gangs.
2007-01-26 09:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by InDyBuD2002 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-11 05:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some times
2007-01-26 09:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by XoXoTomato 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cannot see the point of house arrest for crooks. We need to bang them up once captured, tried and convicted. To ease the overcrowding of our prisons we need to look seriously at allowing non-dangerous prisoners to take early release on parole, during which they must report to police daily. No excuses accepted, or you go back to prison, etc.
House arrest is more for VIP suspects not the common criminal element within society.
Last house arrest I can think of was Augusto Pinochet. He was visited by all his friends including Lady 'T'. The purpose of the house arrest was to stop the Spanish extraditing him for trial.
Okay, so he was supposed to be a bad guy. But, without his help the SAS would not have had a base from which to attack Argentine troops on the Falklands.
2007-01-27 02:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent twenty months in prison for forgery. And I had to answer this question for one reason.
Most state prisons aren't the country club life style. If you like eating food and the box it came out of was stamped "For Inmate Consumption only," Wearing clothes that have holes everywhere. I could go on and on. But, if you want to complain about prisons? Take a look at the Fed prisons. They have pretty much what they need. Excersise equipment, TV in their cells, can buy what ever they want to eat. Prison is not a good place to be.
House arrest is a good thing for people that haven't committed murder or sexual assults. For crimes such as - drugs, hot checks, DWI, DUI, The prisons would have more room for the stronger offenses. I just did my time and left. I requested no parole - because of the fact that I would have to pay more money each month to the PO's office and then pay on court costs and fines. So it was easier on myself and family, that I spent six more months and walked out with no paper time. And when I got out - I paid my fines off asap. Yes, now I'm a convicted felon and not proud of it at all, but life goes on. I'm back in school finishing my Masters degree in Behavioral Science. Prisons aren't the answer for everyone, and I think more people should be allowed to be on house arrest. But, the money issue comes in. The state gets Federal money for each person in prison and when you are already sentenced waiting on your trip to prison, The county makes money on you being there when actually you are state property. It's all a money thing. So, I say why not house arrest? Just something else they can make money from.
2007-01-26 10:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by docie555@yahoo.com 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what type of crooks. Some are put on house arrest and they have to pay for the monitoring instead of the community paying for them to be in jail.
2007-01-26 09:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the severity of the crime.
If he/she managed to remove the tracking bracelet he/she would be long gone before the police arrived. Would you want a dangerous felon roaming the streets after just being caught?
2007-01-26 09:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do like the Mississippi chain gang theory myself. I would like to see Rickers Island out building a sea wall. We don't need any Latinos when America is full of free labor sitting on their @zz watching cable TV.
2007-01-26 11:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they can still commit crimes from their home (drug sales, internet fraud, etc.)
A better solution is to build Tent City jails like they have in Maricopa County, AZ. Their tent jails were built to house 2,400 inmates at a fraction of the cost of brick and mortar buildings (only $100,000 compared to the $70,000,000 construction estimate)
2007-01-26 09:56:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
there are problems with the current tagging system IE tags not working properly and then problems with the private security firms not monitoring properly and the police not being informed when they are breached
2007-01-26 09:56:50 · answer #10 · answered by Adrian M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋