Perhaps a bit of crucifixion. It gets you out in the open air.
2007-10-09 08:23:49 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
tell all the bad people to jolly well stop being so naughty, in a firm voice
2007-10-09 12:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-06-04 01:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Decrease prison sentences. I know that sounds bad, but it only takes a short time for someone to realize they don't want to come back. After a few years, they learn to be a prisoner, and are not able to live on the outside. So shorter terms, and job assistance programs for people who have served their sentences.
We should not be expanding the death penalty. It's already applied so unfairly, and this problem would only get worse. At least 150 people have been executed for crimes they haven't committed.
2007-10-09 08:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the short-term, I guess releasing prisoners to other kinds of programs is the best we can do. My parents do some work with a church congregation that serves people who are currently transitioning out of prison, mostly for sex offenses. Many of these inmates receive treatment for whatever they are in prison for, but their other problems (e.g. drug addiction) are not addressed. Therefore, better treatment programs while people are inside could help them to not end up inside again.
On the medium term we should speed up the justice system, appeals process, etc. so that people are not just sitting in prison for years while their trials are still going on.
In the long term, we should be more concerned with teaching families how to raise their children properly so they will grow up to be moral people who don't get caught in the web of addiction and crime.
2007-10-09 08:31:55 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
90,000 of 140,000 prisoner crimes are drug related. We need to go back to the source of the problem. Work out why people resort to drugs, stop this from happening, less crime no overcrowding. It is simple but it is not easy. This is the only way I can see.
2007-10-09 08:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by terrysains 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very easily. you INCREASE prison sentences. That way the punishment fits the crime and criminals would be less likely to re-offend or, for that matter, offend in the first place.
To put you in the picture, I'm an old git and as such, can remember when the punishment DID fit the crime. In those days crime was far lower than it is now days. Then the do-gooders moved in and decided to change a perfectly good system. Despite the fact that those with an IQ greater than their shoe size could see that this was a recipe for disaster, they somehow got their way.
So now we've got what we've got. Now there's a surprise!
2007-10-09 08:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by brainyandy 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ask Joe Arpaio... He's done a great job in Maricopa County, Arizona! Prisoners live in US Army surplus tents, eat cold sandwiches for lunch, and no cable TV! All that and Pink Underwear!
There are very few criminals who want to go back to jail after living under Sheriff Joe's roof for a while!
2007-10-09 08:42:35 · answer #7 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Prison over population will never be solved as long as we have criminals. But I do however think it would help if they actually followed through with sentences. Such as the death penalty. Its years before,(if at all) there ever put to death. Perhaps stiffer punishments to deter crime.
2007-10-09 08:32:24 · answer #8 · answered by ~Jen~ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Build more prisons. Maybe rent a few prisons from the Russians and send some of our most violent criminals to Siberia.
2007-10-09 23:41:23 · answer #9 · answered by lonely_rang3er 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Stop locking people up for drug related crimes. Prohibition doesn't work with drugs and never will. A new policy is needed which doesn't involve locking so many people up.
2007-10-09 08:28:33 · answer #10 · answered by tentofield 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋