surrounding a criminal with thousands of criminals doesn't rehabilitate. it allows them to build criminal connections, to harden their souls, and reenter civilization worse than before. not only that but it cost billions in tax dollars.
and the whole "public safety" thing isn't working. i've never went anywhere and felt completely safe. i think that one single punishment isn't going to fit millions of different ppl. why don't they do a better job of customizing punishments? i know that would take time, but it may save us a few tax dollars and really help ppl.
2007-12-05 09:22:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You hit the nail right on the head! Actually...one of the reasons the authority perpetuates this redundant rehabilitation program is because they net a large amount of Federal money for their own use when they incarcerate people. In my county...they net $100/person per diem. My county is now claiming the need to build a new and bigger jail. The facilities are run down, the clothes are very old and tattered, the food is mostly donated from process plant rejects...in fact the chicken served comes from a bag that states "Not for Human Consumption"...all left wings; the part of the chicken where the steroids are injected. Punishment or rehabilitation...both of these are merely names for large scale fraud.
It is a warning to all when we realize that anyone can be arrested for anything and at anytime...if you have no money to buy your own defense and bail, then you will be put into the position to plead "NO LO CONTENDERE" or be threatened with the maximum sentence possible for the alleged crime you must have committed. If no crime has been committed, and you look poor or not quite the right shade of rich...then one will be manufactured for you.
2007-12-05 09:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by Jalapinomex 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Sad, isn't it?
Urge your lawmakers to make rehabs more accessible, that would help, at 14K a month it is very cost prohibitive. Counties make a lot of money off fees too, all those people paying all those probation fees etc. So, they are not in a big hurry to turn lives around, remember those nice minimum security prisons cost a bundle too.
We can only hope that Science will help us ultimately identify the disorders that create the problems in the first place. For example people with bipolar disease are 15% more likely to become drug addicts. That's a lot of folks.
Many a mother of a young man with criminal behavior will cry to you over and over again, "something is wrong, he can't help it" and this, indeed, at least in some cases is true.
We hope that with new drugs like Zyprexa, Cymbalta, and others people with mental illnesses can be treated chemically.
After all, take a look at what that miracle drug Viagra can do.
There's always hope.
2007-12-05 18:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by Bern 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It goes both ways. If you're time in jail really sucked, like mine did, you vow never to go back.
My punishment was customized. I was charged with 8 arsons, one endangering human life, and I didn't do any jail time, just a conditional sentence, which they term as a "jail sentence served in the community". One mess up and back you go for the term. But the prosecutor agreed that jail was not going to help, I needed extensive psychiatric help, which i wouldn't get there. Now that sentence is over and they have me on a Peace Bond, which means that even though I have served my sentence, I'm still a danger and have to stay on strict conditions. I don't mind, because I feel safer with those "external controls" over me.
2007-12-05 17:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The goal for certain crimes (murder, rape, drug dealing, child molestation, etc.) is not to rehabilitate the criminal, it is to protect the public. You should be in prison indefinitely or until you are too old to hurt anyone anymore. It is very difficult for society to trust you if you have commited certain crimes.
You have the liberal view of the legal system and I have the conservative view. The liberal view is a big contributing factor as to why we have so much crime and repeat offenders in this country.
2007-12-05 17:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dude 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who says jail is about rehabilitation....jail is punishment!
If you run with the dogs...expect fleas!
Our society is already overburdened with tax dollars that barely keep our penal system floating. Rehabilitation programs cost more money.
I know....lets have parents teach their children that obeying the laws is the right thing to do and if you decide to break the laws...you go to jail!
You will have problems teaching those who don't want to learn. The majority of those in jails and prisons have been through the system so many times...the judges got tired of TRYING to rehabilitate them and finally sent them to jail.
Just my humble opinion!
2007-12-05 17:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There are many good programs designed to help people in jail already. The problem is, before they got in jail, they dragged baggage.
So, the system can only help the very few who are serious about helping themselves
2007-12-05 17:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by TURANDOT 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋