No more sittin' around. These guys want to hurt people, create a burden on society? Guess what? They're going to work. No more reduced sentences because there isn't enough prison space. They can build the cage themselves, then live in it. The taxpayers will pay for the materials and a few cents an hour so that they've got a few bucks to get a start when they get out. If they get out. I'm tired of seeing violent offenders get convicted, spend several months of a three to five year sentence in jail, then go back into society on probation only to offend again.
Phooey on rehabilitation. Look at the stats. It's not working. And we're paying millions to keep these people comfortable because they have "rights." (More on rights later.) I think everyone should have a right to appeal. Let's be honest. Bad mistakes have been made. But when you've been convicted of multiple violent crimes, you need to be punished.
I don't think hard work is going to go over too well with this group of folks. What if we lived in a world where it was obvious that being in prison doing tough physical labor were harder than just holding a regular job and having freedom to boot? I say we make it really unpleasant to be in prison even for the ones who are connected and know how to play the game. Let's make a three to five year sentence mean at least three years (that's if your behavior and progress are excellent). Is it conceivable that when people decided that a certain offense should be punished by three to five years that they had it in mind that the time period might be reduced to a mere six months? It happens all the time. Let's make prison a place to avoid at all costs. Then we'll wait a while and revisit the statistics.
How about killing two birds with one stone? We don't have the ability to upgrade transportation and infrastructure because the labor costs are too great. Manufacturing is being exported to countries where labor is cheap. How about a tightly regulated labor force that we can get for a bargain? Get these guys rebuilding railways, roads, bridges, producing goods, for a fraction of what it normally costs. There are some who would say that you can't do that because if an "inmate" were to get hurt he could sue the government for millions, or that forced labor is against their rights. I'm sorry but if you take away others' fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness you forfeit the right to frivolously engage the government in civil action. Go build something.
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I COMPLETELY agree with you - unless a prisoner is in a maximum security prison (where life really can be hell), being in jail or a minimum security prison - to some - seems like a cakewalk. Nothing for the rest of us is free - they should most certainly have to work! Great entry!
If I were king...students could be physically punished for not doing their homework. I'm not talking about corporal punishment here, but let's say that "Suzie" didn't do her homework. That's two laps around the entire school complex. "Frankie" bombs a test he didn't study for - that's 100 crunches, 30 push-ups, and a one mile jog. "Alberta" forgets to complete an essay; that's a two mile run AND she has to clean out my car. :)
First of all, a girl named after a Canadian province should never be punished. Secondly, you need to stop making sense. Pretty soon you'll have America fit or intelligent, or both. The consumer market just won't stand up to that. The economy will simply collapse. Also, if you were king, you would have undergone some very complicated surgery. I urge you to consider this before making any commitments.
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