But, the intended purpose of our prison system should either be punishment or rehabilitation. Or perhaps both. I would think that punishment would be cheaper than what we have now, and rehabilitation would be worth paying for.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Librals Suck ~ lol > 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. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
