Listers,
Friends and I have been tossing this idea around for a long time, in an
effort to think about crime and the revolving prison/jail doors.
Camp Ripley is no longer used by the armed forces, so it's sits there
empty. However, it is a fully operational camp with all the stuff to
feed, house, and train troops. There is no reason not to use this
facility to deal with some criminals in a different way. (Not murderers,
they are too vicious.)
Let's say Mr. X is charged and convicted of a crime which nets him 8
years in Stillwater because there are no plea bargains and judges will
sentence him to the maximum. The judge, having his head glued on
straight, sentences Mr. X to Camp Ripley.
At the camp Mr. X will have a full day every day. He will rise, make his
breakfast, make his bed, police his quarters, then go to school for 4
hours where he will learn to read well, write passably, do sums, all the
things he failed to learn in school. He's not studying for a GED, he's
learning the basics. After making his lunch and doing dishes and
policing the mess hall, he will work. The work will include learning a
trade. He will do that all afternoon. After making his dinner and
policing the mess hall, he will learn life skills--his washing and
ironing, sewing on buttons, keeping house, learning to deal with his
finances, how to live in a house without destroying it--all that good
stuff. Then he will have homework, of course, then to bed. Five days a
week and a half day on Saturday.
Mr. X will be told, at sentencing, that if he fails at Camp Ripley, he
will be transferred to Stillwater (or wherever) where he will do the 8
years, plus more time for having wasted resources and the opportunity at
Camp Ripley.
My pals and I think that this could be a partial solution to the
revolving door syndrome.
Any commentary?
WizardMarks, Central
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