Unfortunately try getting it allowed. Scott Geller, a professor of mine at Virginia Tech, has set up a behavioral economy at a local prison. The program worked great for a while. There was significantly less violence, the day to day conditions improved considerably, more prisoners were attending classes, etc. The big problem with the program was that it ended up regulating things like cigarettes and other things that were used in the prison economy. One of the power brokers, as Geller called the guy, talked with his lawyer and managed to get an injunction stopping the entire project, on constitutional grounds. Within days of the program's withdrawal things were back to what was happening previously - lots of violence, low turnout for classes etc. So the best thing that you can say about the program was that it worked.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Librals Suck ~ lol > > > It's funny .. we train animals with positive reinforcement, > but we try to > train those that break the law using negative reinforcement. > Guess which > group we have better success with? > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: Librals Suck ~ lol > > > > 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. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
