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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:35 PM Original message |
What do you think prison should be like for people? Painful, scary, simple incarceration, etc? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Given that our incarceration rate is the highest in the world, bar none.. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Rehabilitative. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. What about those serving |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. If there's any way they can |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whatever it is, it should be the same for all. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Prison Rapists are NOT God's avenging angels. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Uh.... ok crazyperson. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
66. actually a very cogent point |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. One that had less-than-nothing to do with anything I said. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. oh |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Thanks Max |
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Naturalist111 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. I don't think it should be the same at all. Punishment |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Deprivation of liberty is the only punishment theoretically intended. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Are you seriously suggesting prisoners should just kill themselves? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Not that they should. Only that it ought to be made available rather than prevented. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Surely you aren't serious. Why give them that option? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. What the hell are you talking about? n-t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Do we believe in vengance or nurturance |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. It should be punishment. That simple. |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I am not sure people fear something that never happens. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Of course they happen. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. ... but what about the flipside of that? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. "Ok" with it? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. They need to clean them up. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Isolated and spartan.... |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think it's unjust for a murderer to be locked away |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Prisoners should be educated and reformed. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. For many offenders, rehabilitation should be possible |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. It should be boring. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mandatory reading with weekly tests. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. In one Australian prison... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. do you have a link to that? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Sorry. No link. I heard about it first hand from one of the monks who participated. nt |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. thanks anyways. n/t |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. I've read articles about it. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. thank you!! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. A) I seriously doubt that it had anything like a 100% success rate. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I don't think that he was talking about |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. I don't know, of course, because of two factors... |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. At the very least |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. some would consider me informed on this topic... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well put.. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. The exception to that rule is when the offender considers even legitimate and proportional |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
60. An offender will almost invariably he is being wronged. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. and to answer your specific question... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. I feel prison is for rehabilitation & education. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. An incubator to turn their life around |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. Basic, simple, humane. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. Prison should be two things. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't know, I believe currently it is a failed system that will eventually |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. Prison should be humane and useful. Rehab is essential. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Prisoners should be beaten and raped daily. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. Former Prison employee here |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. This. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. What happened to the homemade gravel? |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. I think it should separate them from society |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
35. I don't want prisoners tortured, raped, or beaten, but I think their lives |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. I would offer unlimited books |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. non-existent |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. Deleted message |
Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. derp derp derp |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. "Punishment" to some may sound pretty good to somebody else. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. Rehabilitation should be the focus. The majority of prisoners |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. 50% of the Bill or Rights are for people suspected, accused, arrested or convicted of crimes. |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. In Tulsa, a creep was sentenced for raping an 8-year-old girl last week. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. It should be excruciatingly painful, humiliating and traumatizing. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well, first of all I think for many crimes, there should be no jail time ro |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. Whatever decreases the chances of repeat offenses upon release... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. My recommendation: |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
61. I think punishment and rehabilitation should be split up. Where a convicted |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. I think it should be safe, clean, and each prisoner should |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's too late to edit my previous reply... |
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