Do I have the ULTIMATE solution for overcrowded prisons?

Question

I have had my checks stolen, my accounts EMPTIED, my identity stolen, AND my credit cards MAXED out by people I know. The government and the court system LETS THEM GO within 3 days because they aren't violent criminals. Here is my propostion. Instead of letting non-violent criminals go free because of lack of jail space......why don't we do a jailhouse draft? Anyone caught of a non-violent crime who doesn't do the time goes straight to the army? That would give them the training they needed to succeed in REAL LIFE without having to steal. It's no longer a free pass guys, what are you going to do with it? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Answer 1

I love where you are going with this idea. It serves a great purpose from allowing real soldiers any harm during these war times. We could send the replacement fall outs to take a bullet. Saving the true citizens from any real harm. I'm sure this idea would decrease non-violent from significantly.

Answer 2

I am laughing at you guys that say that the criminals aren't good enough to be in the army. As an army soldier with a definite defiant attitude when I entered, I can tell you that anyone who does not surrender to the army within 5 minutes of joining, will soon surrender or feel the pain. The army would take any nonviolent criminal and make them humble within a day. I agree that violent criminals are better left in the jail cells. As a soldier, I would be uneasy with knowing some criminals were allowed to be next to me holding guns, but I feel like an extended training period would separate those who were a habitual problem maker from those who had a bad decision in life. I support the theory, but ask for a stringent training program to keep potentially violent or renegade prisoners from revenge. Thanks and good luck!

Answer 3

Well, now, that's an idea. However, if you're the Eugene I know, you sent me the card in the mail and pressured me to use it over 3 months time. Then you constantly accused me of cheating on you after we broke things off and then you would call me and ask me 'how are you baby?' like I hadn't told you it was over. Then you insisted you and I were still getting married. You flew out on a plane even though I told you not to and twisted my arm into coming and picking you up. Then you became jealous of anyone and everyone no matter if they were the donut guy behind the counter or the priest offering communion at your stupid church. So I maxed out the card you REFUSED to take back, cut it in half and sent it back to you in the mail. But I was the bigger dummy, because I STILL married you after you romanced me again. You were so violent we never made it to our first aniversary and you spent 3 days in jail. Then you stalked me and harrassed me and nearly spent 3 years in jail. Of course, this probably isn't the same Eugene, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been through similar situations. Maybe instead of generalizing there should be a case by case study, as is already in place. And anyway, people like that don't get out of jail after 3 days each time, only the first time. And maybe, just maybe, sometimes this behavior is provoked, or the 'victim' is constructing things so as to entrap the other person, as was the case with my Eugene.

Answer 4

No, genuinely, i do no longer. reason being is by using the fact there is not any answer to penitentiary overcrowding till the "powers that be" end making each and every thing a criminal interest, you already know, issues like smoking a splash pot, being a gun proprietor, {in the united kingdom}, possessing the incorrect breed of canines and extraordinarily quickly, here in the U. S. a minimum of, being a canines breeder. Are those particularly punishable offenses? NO, yet, everybody is a criminal in the eyes of the regulation at present.

Answer 5

Well I read EVERY ONE of the answers (to date) to your question. And not one person suggested a solution which paid back the victim (that would be you).

My suggestion is that these non-violent offenders should be made to work (preferably at jobs disdained by others...such as cleaning streets, parks, shovelling snow, road work, etc etc.).

The proceeds of their work could go to compensate the victims of their crimes.

Not only would this teach that if you steal, you work hard to pay back; but it would lift some of the burden on the taxpayer who has to foot the bill to keep these little deviants locked up.

The military solution has been tried before (with some success BTW). But only very non-violent, non-drug-related minor criminals would likely be appropriate for such a solution.

Answer 6

some of the answers here are so inane , don't anyone remember WW2 when they let prisoners join the military and serve their time??? some made damn good fighters and some were highly decorated, and how do you know about the circumstances of why they are in prison, all of them didn't rape some grand ma, or kill little kids , did you know some are in prison for taking a leak on a federal hwy, or having a open beer in a federal park? or so many stupid laws we have that put people in prison, many laws are made so they can keep the prisons full where they can have plenty of slave labor for their mfg, plants where they make mattresses, furniture , clothes, and many other products and pay the prisoners 35 cents per hr, these factory's are owned by UNICORE so when you buy something that has UICORE on it you are making judges, prosecutors, some guards, F.B.I. Agents and others richer, aren't you happy to be such a good and dumb American,

Answer 7

That's a pretty good idea.
I think we should take all the violent criminals and put them on a abandoned cruise ship anchored in the middle of the ocean... we could air lift food and supplies to them. Just like we do for 3rd world countries.
That's probably inhumane though... pooo

Answer 8

Sorry, but the military of all branches have a strict criminal history background check in place that all must pass. They too are particular as to whom they employ.

That's all you need is to have a petty thief stealing from armed soldiers in an unknown part of the world...go think (justice served right on the spot, stop! naw)...that is some funny sh-it, period...LOL!

Answer 9

I agree with Mika. Our GI's have enough problems without having known criminals added into the mix. Besides, this idea of sending crooks into the military has already been tried and the effect on crime rates didn't even quiver.

Answer 10

No body wants those people. They wont work so what would make them work in the military? Thanks to P.C. they can't even be touched in an aggressive way by a drill Sgt. Cant we just send all the drug dealers and gang bangers to Afghanistan. Just load them up on large military cargo planes and dump the lot in that crap hole. Tell them they cant come back to the USA.