Its been a while since the case, from what I remember it involved freedom to associate. The net result was that a very promising program was killed by someone who could play the system like a musical instrument.
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: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Librals Suck ~ lol > > > > 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. > > This is really interesting - are cigarettes a constitutional right? > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
