Prisons or 'Crime Universities' ?

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Posted: 19 years ago
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Whenever any person commits a crime, he/she is a criminal. When caught the prosecution is done and on the basis of evidence the person is sent to Jail :This is the law procedure every one of us knows.

Prisons are made for criminals to realize their mistakes so when they are free, they serve the society as responsible citizens... But in reality, its the other way round.

Nowadays, Prisons are offering as "Crime Universities" as they are called.. There was a report on tv on men prisons in US.. There is HIGH racial discrimination so that every person Must join their respective race.. there are separate RULES made by prisoners e.g. in the playground, lines are drawn so nobody can enter into the "Other" area... there is a high percentage of rapes going on (In men's Jail!!!) ... They can make alcohol through Apples, vinegar and some other substance!! And murder rate among prisoners is increasing day by day even they can stab u while going to WC or taking a bath.. Sometimes, a riot can break out..Prisoners read a lot of books on wars so u can easily see the Army General in each prisoner!!!!😲😲😲... It is said that u should sleep with "One eye open" in a Jail.... And soooooo many other things included! This is not just the question of US jails... but world wide jails.. the situation is the same.. unfortunately.

Now for females... well .. it was something different... ladies were not aggressive at all.. but 80% in jails were mothers .. so they were more of sad and regretful rather being stiff or stone-hearted... it was an emotional environment and it was more peaceful than men's jail....

After the show... i was wondering : If prisons were made for the realization of a crime and being a good citizen once they get freedom, this is not happening.. the vicious cycle is going on and crimes are increasing ... So we have FAILED to implement justice... Wht is the ultimate solution to bring these "Humans-converted-animals" back to normal? Or if for that possibility, a person might comment a crime in anger or some hasty emotion and is sent to jail, will he survive? Wht are the chances that he will b a better person and not a professional criminal afterwards???

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Posted: 19 years ago
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Idea behind jail was to put criminals back to civil way of life. Concept of jail was different many decades ago. If a thief was put behind the bars, you taught him trade of some sort, so by the time he gets out, he has means to earn money. This way he/she doesn't have to steal again, but now prisons are over crowded. People just don't go in for stealing fruits and vegetables..they are going in for worse crimes.
I saw the show about inmates as well and it was scary. It's a different world there...i believe people become worse after going to jail now a days. People become aggressive and prison guards do little to intervene if a fight breaks out. They think it's therapeutic for the prisoners. There have been number of murders inside the jail..every one is awrae of Rape and looting that goes on..we have lost the meaning behind punishing someone for the bad deeds.
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Posted: 19 years ago
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CAPITOL CRIMES:
i think the jails are justice, i dont think any person who commits a capitol crime should ever be let back into society unless they truly do repent. It is justice for us because we dont have criminals wandering around in the streets, and it is also justice for the victim's family members because instead of an easy death sentence that person now has to spend every waking moment in hell, remembering the person that they murdered/cheated. and regretting that they ever did it. I know that there are innocent people in these jails too, but no system of justice is perfect. if you have commited a murder or crime, then you deserve so much worse than the crime you have commited. Besides, its not like they are killing the people who work there, they are killing each other. I know this sounds really harsh but it is a win win situation for all of us.

NOT SO CAPITOL CRIMES:
now i agree that we must put a stop to the violence, because even though these people have commited a small/medium crime, they can be re-instated into the real world because people do make mistakes, and we have to forgive them for it as long as it doesnt cross a certain boundary such as murder or rape. Even murder can be done in spite and the person may not be thinking at the time, but that doesnt mean that we can overlook the fact that someone was murdered.



Overall i think that strict and maximum security prisons should have riots and figts and back stabbing, because this is the only way they will learn. But in regular prisons i think that the gaurds should put up more of a fight in order to control the prisoners.

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