US Supreme Court Orders 46,000 criminals released

[Svartalf]

I think we're just putting a lot of people in jail who ought not to be.

DEFINITELY. Such as a lot of marijuana-related convicts. And "three strikes" violators. And mandatory-minimum sentences. The prison population doesn't have to be nearly so high.

well... beside likely lobbying from the prison industrial complex, you know why they started passing thse 3strikes laws. The idea is that if a guy will go on committing crimes after release, he's not fit for society and must be put away. What are the odds of 3strikers NOT recidiving if those laws were repealed? what to do with them once they do? (since a quick application of hemp is no longer an option)

[Svartalf]

We should allow prisoners to smoke marijuana and to grow it on prison farms. It will keep them mellow.

but the cost to keep them fed would go through the roof

[Atheist-Lite]

This is the beginning of societal collapse. Always starts with emptying the prisons. It's too expensive to keep the massive population fed so their thrown on the streets whilst cuts to the police mean they have plenty of choices.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I hope they all get jobs in law enforcement.

[Ian]

I hope they all get jobs in law enforcement.

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

[Coito ergo sum]

We should allow prisoners to smoke marijuana and to grow it on prison farms. It will keep them mellow.

but the cost to keep them fed would go through the roof

Pork rinds can be purchased in bulk. They'll be fine.

[maiforpeace]

I think we're just putting a lot of people in jail who ought not to be.

DEFINITELY. Such as a lot of marijuana-related convicts. And "three strikes" violators. And mandatory-minimum sentences. The prison population doesn't have to be nearly so high.

The recividism rate for drug offenders is huge...if personal use drug offenders, (not just marijuana related ones) weren't jailed at the drop of a hat like they are now that would also reduce many of the three strike offenders.

There's a court in Santa Clara that specializes in handling drug offenders and the mentally ill...the judge, Stephen Manley handles these offenders in a much more realistic and humane manner than the regular courts do. It's been very successful, but it requires more resources up front to help these offenders. The recividism rate among the offenders who are judged by Manley in this special court is much lower than for the offenders who face the bench in regular courts.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I hope they all get jobs in law enforcement.

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

Yeah, like the English do!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We should allow prisoners to smoke marijuana and to grow it on prison farms. It will keep them mellow.

but the cost to keep them fed would go through the roof

Pork rinds can be purchased in bulk. They'll be fine.

You'd need shitloads of Tabasco Sauce and/or Louisiana Hot Sauce.

[Coito ergo sum]

We should allow prisoners to smoke marijuana and to grow it on prison farms. It will keep them mellow.

but the cost to keep them fed would go through the roof

Pork rinds can be purchased in bulk. They'll be fine.

You'd need shitloads of Tabasco Sauce and/or Louisiana Hot Sauce.

On second thought, just eliminate the prison and build a bunch of guillotines and a Soylent Green factory.

[laklak]

[MarkS]

Why does the us have such a large prison population? someone told me they are used as slave labour. is this true?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Why does the us have such a large prison population? someone told me they are used as slave labour. is this true?

They're used as sex slaves for the Canadians.

[maiforpeace]

Why does the us have such a large prison population? someone told me they are used as slave labour. is this true?

They are used as labor, but only a small percentage...I am fairly certain this is not the reason why we have such a large prison population.

I think it's a little more complex. To name a couple of factors that I think are contributors...our highly penalistic system of justice and big business. Private contractors manage the bulk of the physical and labor resources for prisons. Halliburton is a huge prison contractor, including the building of new ones.

[Gallstones]

Looks like there is light at the end of the tunnel.......

Violent crime in U.S. on the decline

By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

For the third consecutive year, violent crime has declined in the United States, including a 7.2 percent reduction in homicides, preliminary FBI figures for 2009 released Monday show.

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