Is it a group or department that check that inmates are treated right? I know there are many people in jail that are innocent . I have a friend who went to jail because someone pointed him out on a crime that he didn't commit. He is out now , but this is an experience that he will never forget. This can happen to anyone? I believe that been lock up is enough punishment to add mistreatment from guards and people who work there.
2007-03-20 15:26:33 · 10 answers · asked by Richard 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Your question: Group of people that check to make sure inmates are treated right?
The ACLU is a group that could be involved in checking on status of inmates living conditions while in a jail. Each state has a standard to operate a jail which the jail or prison may or may not be required to follow. Like it or not people in this country we are presumed to be innocent until proven guility. I for one am glad we live in this kind of system. I work in the criminal justice system and would like to say everyone brought into jail for a crime is guilty, but it is not reality. If one of my family members or myself was brought into a facility that was mistreating inmates, I would not be happy.
The jails are built to take the persons freedom away as punishment, they are not built to be tourture chambers. Maybe we would like to do this to some of the people that end up inside. There is no doubt there are some we personally as human beings are sick to hear what they are accused of doing. But after working in and around jails for over 25 years I can tell you that most of us try to do the right thing. As with any group of people you will always have some who don't do the right thing, some out of ignorance and some out of down right deliberate indifference.
Have faith that we do have a system of checks and balances in our country that for the majority of people out there it does work and works better than anything else out there.
Be careful on who you judge now because you may be the next person wishing that you had a compassionate person taking care of you or your loved one who may of ended on the wrong side of the system. Mistakes, even honest ones are always going to be made and it is up to ALL of us to provide a enviornment that is free from any mistreatment of those in our jails or prisons.
2007-03-20 18:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Ed T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-19 05:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder how you'd feel if someone you love was a victim of a violent crime, or if you were raped and left for dead. I guess I believe there are a lot of other worthy causes that need a voice and attention then prisoners rights.
I have had a loved one locked up so I know how bad the prison system can be, but I have also lost someone to violence and knowing that her rapist and killer is getting 3 square meals a day and a warm cozy bed, cable tv, an education, and she is dead really doesn't seem like much of a punishment to me.
2007-03-20 15:43:14 · answer #3 · answered by kmv 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lets see innocent people in jail, No tell me it ain't so. Just ask the inmates, there all innocent. Jail should be hell on earth. These pieces of s--- have more right then their victims
2007-03-21 06:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by watchman_1900 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the US having reached a population of more than 300 million residents, this situation is only going to get worse in the future.
Frankly I think it's hopeless.
People should be careful, and conduct themselves in such a manner that the police do not become a daily part of life.
2007-03-20 15:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have more to worry about from other inmates than co's..the gaurds for the most part do nto mess with inmates unless they provoke it
2007-03-20 19:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell that to the dead. As the saying goes 'when you kill a person, not only do you take away everything s/he has, but everything s/he is ever going to have. String them up!
2007-03-20 15:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Try the ACLU. They were formed to do things just like you describe.
2007-03-20 15:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by Leah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't do it? Evidently the police believed someone else.
2007-03-20 17:21:19 · answer #9 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think if there is 100% proof you are guilty most should be shot we don't or never get out i see to many criminals get out and do more crime over and over
2007-03-20 15:31:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋