Quote: (09-26-2015 07:27 PM)realologist Wrote:
If any people here have worked with criminals or people in prison they would know that most of them are not contributing members to society and have no desire to. Most of them are drain inside and outside of prison.
Constitution45 touched on what most people don't know which is many of the offenders are far from innocent drug offenders.
Most prisoners in federal prison are felony in possession of firearms with possession and intent to deliver. In addition to that they usually have a violent history as well. I know parts of the criminals justice system are fucked up but most of these guys are right where they belong. In addition to that sentencing is extremely soft now and charges you would expect 3-5 years gets 6 months, a program and probation.
Changes within the past year or two within the Federal prison system has been releasing prisoners in bus loads so the process has already been started just not reported heavily. Due to this many are being released that need to do some more time.
A lot of these sociologists and academics/reformers are very naive.
Police officers, prison wardens, frontline medical practitioners. Deal with drug addicts, felons on a day to day basis, it is essentially their life.
The narrative being led here by Barrack Obama is pretty typical and actually has been going on for a long time now. The idea and notion that criminals are a victim of circumstances and require more opportunities and services designed around caring and being compassionate.
Surely law enforcement officers who deal with these people for their entire careers are choosing the option which is most effective through the basis of trial and error.
Services and rehabilitation centre along with the whole caring approach are provided for in a lot of places (Im not talking about the U.K here) Mostly they are used and abused. If it is a treatment centre for drug addicts, you can be sure that will turn into essentially a drug dealing den. If its a shelter for reformed criminals, this will then turn into a gang house.
In American culture especially I have seen a gradual acceptance and normalisation of gangsterism. Perhaps this is nothing new but after watching a lot of t.v shows, movies and of course actual documentaries like this. Gangsters or felons are portrayed as being decent good people. This is simply not true.
I think its just a case of the protestant victim complex.