Beth- I don't think this is the *intended* purpose of our prison system, but the de facto purpose of our prison system seems to be to lock people up for a graduate education in crime, and to let them network with a broad cross-section of the criminal community.
This is based on the rate of recidivism. What's the alternative? We sure don't have money for education, how can we afford jobs, health care, meaningful alternatives to flipping burgers?? Sounds like my budget - wonder where the heck all the money went :-( -Ben > > I will. I am for the death penalty, however it, along with abortion, > > are two things I normally don't debate. It is a view point usually > > driven by emotion and people tend to get very emotional about it. Like > > I said, I would be less for the death penalty if I saw people who commit > > heinous crimes actually suffer in prison. > > > I can't say I am against the death penalty in cases where we are SURE (100% > positive) that the person accused did the crime. If a person is a serial > killer for example, I don't really believe they are rehabilitatable. But I > am against killing folks where there isn't defnitive evidence that they > committed the crime. > > At this point I am unsure what the purpose of our prison system is. Is it > to keep criminals from doing crimes? If so I suppose it does an admirable > job. If the purpose is to rehabilitate criminals, I think it does a poor > job. If the purpose is to punish criminals, I don't necesarily believe it > does a good job of this either. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
