jail and prison issues

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/us/oklahoma-inmates-release-mass-commutation/index.html

Drug-related convictions account for nearly half of federal prisoners I'm surprised that almost 88% plead guilty. Is that number similar to other courts for drug crimes? http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/07/drug_offenses_fuel_majority_of.html

I'm starting this thread because I didn't want to derail the "RIP UK Justice" thread. One of the posts in that thread reads as follows: This makes a lot of sense to me. Forcing people into tough, abusive environments seems like a good way to make those people tougher and more abusive. Of...

Who thought this was a good idea? This policy seems designed to be abused.

Number one news story on the BBC at the moment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37356505 "Prison staff who watched but failed to intervene as a mentally ill prisoner blinded himself and injured his groin area have been strongly criticised. A report by the Prisoner Ombudsman has...

Due to years of documented negligence and violence, as well as countless safety and security incidents, the Department of Justice will start scaling back its use of private prisons. the goal is to compeltely end the federal government's use of private prisons. The Feds won't pull out over...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/john-hinckley-jr-set-to-be-released/index.html Only took 35 years. I wonder how much his defense cost the taxpayers? Ranb

Exclusive Video: Violence Inside Rikers This is disturbing.

Forgive me if already posted He has a point I suppose. Cold Coffee and lack of butter makes me mad too http://rt.com/news/231427-breivik-norway-isolation-lawsuit/

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rick-perry-flouts-anti-rape-texas-prison-law When will those liberals realize that the freedom to rape prisoners is like sweet nectar from the tree of liberty itself?

http://omginformation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/indiana-state-prison-lets-murderers.html Not in this article, but apparently in another one about this program, is the fact that the cats would otherwise have been euthanised if they were not looked after by prisoners. As the program appears to be...

Originally I put this on "The Rape of Men" thread, but nobody responded. So I am starting a separate thread for this. Common acceptance of prison rape (and other prison violence) as "if you do not want this, do not break the law" is not just barbaric -- it is not even self-servingly rational...

Michigan Inmate Sues State Over Prison's Porn Ban http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/04/michigan-inmate-sues-state-over-prisons-porn-ban/#ixzz1REhzhNfj I'm all for treating criminals like criminals and not exactly shedding a tear per se, but seems to me that the more they have access to this...

What if this man goes on a killing frenzy now that he's been released? What's to stop him going on the rampage? He seems quite popular with the other inmates: BBC What do other people think?

I did some work with a small prison population in the US recently, in an education-oriented setting. During a group discussion, we raised the issue of religion in prison; inmates maintained that they were only partial to certain groups, i.e. Islam and evangelical Christianity, because these were...

It seems we often look toward Norway as an example of how our ideologies work out, whether it is socialists showing how socialism works or right-wing isolationists who tout how being seperate from the EU is favourable. But who will dare use their prison system to back up their beliefs...

A person is convicted and will do time in a correctional facility and will be released. What is the best time spent to minimize relapse in crime? My suggestion is sensory deprivation; restricted environmental stimulation therapy. A dark cell with no sound for 23 hours a day, one hour to meet...

In the past few years, both online and offline, I've had many conversations concerning the purpose of imprisonment, and punishments in general, and I've come to notice that my opinions on the matter tend to differ from the general public. As an example, in the past years my country has been...

I was reading something on the news to the effect that there were some prison chaplains who had criminal records themselves and that could have some kind of effect on domestic terrorism or something. Anybody heard anything similar of that sort?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/27dungeons.html?ref=us Guy is in prison for life and isn't allowed to play D&D -- or have any of his books or any of the material he wrote for it -- because the prison thinks it'll cause "gang activity and escape fantasies". First off, WTF? Second...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2791077/Rapists-whine-at-sharing-cell-with-Christian.html This story provides an interesting definition of "human rights."

I want there to be less prison overcrowding, more sanitary conditions, good meals, safety from other prisoners, and all the things a prisoner should have, and I'm willing to pay the taxes to make it happen, but thats not what this thread is about. Months ago, there was a California vote (YES or...

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/olympic-bomber-bemoans-prison-conditions/20061211124809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 Gee... sorry to hear that. Not.

So, how did the US govt. keep its secret prisons to hold suspected terrorists secret for so long? That must have required the participation of thousands consenting not to blow the whistle. How long exactly did the US govt. keep its secret prisons secret? How many people were involved in all...

See http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/03/prison.religion.ap/index.html While I agree with the judge's rationale behind his judgment in that the state has no right to promote one belief over another, I have couple of concerns about this ruling. 1) As someone who has worked in a state correctional...

Senior CIA officer fired for talking to WaPo reporter about CIA secret prisons in Europe. MSNBC is reporting that he flubbed a polygraph exam and was confronted with the results. It's just now breaking, so very few details online. Here are a few reports: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12423825/...

CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101644.html There is That (Some of the points from the article): My bold. Could open the government to legal challenges and political condemnation?? No $hit Dick Tracy. And...

One in six U.S. prisoners is mentally ill. Many of them suffer from serious illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. There are three times as many men and women with mental illness in U.S. prisons as in mental health hospitals. The rate of mental illness in the...

I don't have any problem with this, but I would not allow murderers to get TVs, because that is really an insult to the victims families -- for them to have to imagine the person who killed their loved one kicking back watching a VICTORIA'S SECRET special on his personal flat-screen.

...you ain't seen nothin yet. I wonder what cat tastes like. I bet it tastes like chicken.