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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 739334" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>More crock. Our jails are full because people <strong>are</strong> being held accountable for their crimes. Yet you rant that "liberal" judges don't hold them accountable. So answer the question: how much more tax are you willing to pay to build more jails. Want to put them on chain gangs? More guards are required because they're out in public instead of being confined. How about stopping giving meds to all those prisoners? That means more hospital bills. Does it ever occur to you that just MAYBE we should be spending money on drug prevention/rehab programs instead of throwing them in jail? That education might help them more than jail time and probably cost a heck of a lot less in the long run? </p><p></p><p>Sheriff Joe Arpaio in AZ is a big hero to many people who applaude his treatment of prisoners. "That'll show 'em, Joe", they say. But after <strong>years</strong> of holding prioners in tents, lowering the quality of their food, putting them to work, refusing preg women health care, etc., he STILL has one of the worst crime rates in the country. So what does that tell us? I think it tells us that Joe's way doesn't work and neither will Caustic's. People don't go to jail because they want to (and they are going to jail in record numbers in this country). Jails are full of the poor, mentally ill, uneducated, drug addicted people. Caustic's rant that "liberal" judges are the cause is wrong....not a big surprise. I don't think judges in Texas can, over all, be called liberal, yet Texas has one of the highest inmate populations in the country! Again, how much more tax are you willing to pay to build jails, pay for their meds, provide their attorneys, etc.? Because whether they're out on the chain gang or setting in a cell, they have to be guarded, fed, medicated, etc. It's costing us all big bucks and will only get more expensive.</p><p></p><p>They're not slaves. Once the state takes them off the street, we're responsible for them. Their health and well being. That's how it works. They're citizens of the United States with some rights and being physically abused by their guards is not acceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 739334, member: 13"] More crock. Our jails are full because people [b]are[/b] being held accountable for their crimes. Yet you rant that "liberal" judges don't hold them accountable. So answer the question: how much more tax are you willing to pay to build more jails. Want to put them on chain gangs? More guards are required because they're out in public instead of being confined. How about stopping giving meds to all those prisoners? That means more hospital bills. Does it ever occur to you that just MAYBE we should be spending money on drug prevention/rehab programs instead of throwing them in jail? That education might help them more than jail time and probably cost a heck of a lot less in the long run? Sheriff Joe Arpaio in AZ is a big hero to many people who applaude his treatment of prisoners. "That'll show 'em, Joe", they say. But after [b]years[/b] of holding prioners in tents, lowering the quality of their food, putting them to work, refusing preg women health care, etc., he STILL has one of the worst crime rates in the country. So what does that tell us? I think it tells us that Joe's way doesn't work and neither will Caustic's. People don't go to jail because they want to (and they are going to jail in record numbers in this country). Jails are full of the poor, mentally ill, uneducated, drug addicted people. Caustic's rant that "liberal" judges are the cause is wrong....not a big surprise. I don't think judges in Texas can, over all, be called liberal, yet Texas has one of the highest inmate populations in the country! Again, how much more tax are you willing to pay to build jails, pay for their meds, provide their attorneys, etc.? Because whether they're out on the chain gang or setting in a cell, they have to be guarded, fed, medicated, etc. It's costing us all big bucks and will only get more expensive. They're not slaves. Once the state takes them off the street, we're responsible for them. Their health and well being. That's how it works. They're citizens of the United States with some rights and being physically abused by their guards is not acceptable. [/QUOTE]
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