The National Review: Our Jails are a scandal

[BrentWil]

Did not expect this from the national review. Perhaps prison reform could happen? Would be great for our society.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/394841/our-jails-are-scandal-kevin-d-williamson

April I wrote about the case of Jerome Murdough, 56, a homeless ex-Marine who was remanded to Rikers Island for attempting to shelter in the stairwell of a Harlem housing project. Murdough was mentally ill, with multiple psychiatric diagnoses and what his mother referred to as “beer problems.” His bail was set bizarrely high for a homeless vagrant — $2,500 — and his mental condition necessitated oversight, with jail authorities ordering that he be checked every 15 minutes. He wasn’t. And neither was his jail cell’s heating system, which malfunctioned, and the abandoned homeless man was baked to death in captivity.

Naturally, nobody did anything wrong. Or so they said.

A few digs at Unions and the New York times... But it is the National Review. In any case, reform is needed. People act like humans when they are treated like humans.

[SomethingFishy]

1. Notice it took an Ex-Marine to get their attention?

Fuck The NR. They only care because it boosts their "patriotism" to stand up for an ex military man. People have been suffering at the hands of the justice and prison system for years and years without a peep from them.. Well they peep, but it's always about money. If they could jail everyone who smoked a joint in their life they would.. but it's too expensive.

[BrentWil]

3. I agree

And unions are the villain in the story. But the point is there is a story.

[msongs]

2. step one - get rid of privatized and/or for profit prisons and politicians who endorse the same nt