--- Laura and lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday, May 9, 2005, at 11:48 AM, wmmarks wrote:
>
> > Connie Beckers wrote:
> >
> >> I can't understand why we
> >> care so much about the creature comforts of
> convicted criminals when
> >> they
> >> clearly don't care about the comforts of those
> they victimize! Who
> >> cares if
> >> they're sleeping on the floor?
> The great majority of people in prison are not
going to be there forever. They probably didn't feel
all that warm and fuzzy about general society before
they went in, and if they're treated abominably while
incarcerated they probably won't be in a much better
mood when they are released. Prisons are finishing
schools for thugs and I don't think the ruling class
exacerbating the lessons learned is really serving
society. Thugs are grown; no need to fertilize them.
J Jon Gorder Cathedral Hill
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