Steven P. BarrettLOCKING UP CRIMINALS PROVIDES DETERRANCE, WHAT ABOUT HELPING THEM STAY FREE?
June 24th 2008 06:01
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS PARADOX: HERE YOU HAVE TWO CONSERVATIVE APPROACHES TO PRISON SENTENCING AND RESTORATION, WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO PERMANENT REHABILITATION.
THIS TOPIC IS CLOSE TO ME FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FIRST OF ALL I HAVE FRIENDS WHO'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, AND I MEAN SERIOUS TROUBLE. i HAVEN'T BEEN ANY ANGEL EITHER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER THREE DUI's AS SERIOUS, AND YOU SHOULD. DON'T WORRY, HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T TOUCHED A DROP IN THREE DECADES, (SAVE FOR WINE IN AT MASS.)
I'VE ALSO WORKED AS A CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR IN MASSACHUSETTS AND A FLORIDA STATE PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THAT WAS EONS AGO, AND SO WAS THE COLLEGE DEGREE I RECEIVED IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOME 34 YEARS AGO. (WOW, DOES THAT SOUND ANCIENT!)
I HAVE HOWEVER, MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT SEEM AWFULLY DRACONIAN, BUT WHEN THE OFFENSES INVOLVE HANDGUNS--EVEN USED TO PISTOL WHIP THE VI CTIMS--AND EACH GUN RELATED CRIME CARRIES WITH IT A MANDATORY MINIMAL 3 YEARS A PIECE YOU CAN'T HELP STARTING OUT WITH GIVING THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR A 6 YEAR START-UP SENTENCE FOR RECOMMENDATION. I WOUND UP GIVING THE FELLOW A LOT MORE, BUT IT WASN'T ANY FUN.
I KNEW THE SYSTEM WAS BROKEN DOWN. ALL THE TALK ABOUT REHABILITATION WAS A JOKE AND NOBODY BELIEVED THE PRISONERS HAD EVEN THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF CHANGING THEIR LIVES.
THEN WE WONDERED WHY THEY KEPT COMING BACK. HELLO OUT THERE?
MORE TO COME ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT IT'S LATE. G'NIGHT.
THIS TOPIC IS CLOSE TO ME FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FIRST OF ALL I HAVE FRIENDS WHO'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, AND I MEAN SERIOUS TROUBLE. i HAVEN'T BEEN ANY ANGEL EITHER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER THREE DUI's AS SERIOUS, AND YOU SHOULD. DON'T WORRY, HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T TOUCHED A DROP IN THREE DECADES, (SAVE FOR WINE IN AT MASS.)
I'VE ALSO WORKED AS A CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR IN MASSACHUSETTS AND A FLORIDA STATE PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THAT WAS EONS AGO, AND SO WAS THE COLLEGE DEGREE I RECEIVED IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOME 34 YEARS AGO. (WOW, DOES THAT SOUND ANCIENT!)
I HAVE HOWEVER, MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT SEEM AWFULLY DRACONIAN, BUT WHEN THE OFFENSES INVOLVE HANDGUNS--EVEN USED TO PISTOL WHIP THE VI CTIMS--AND EACH GUN RELATED CRIME CARRIES WITH IT A MANDATORY MINIMAL 3 YEARS A PIECE YOU CAN'T HELP STARTING OUT WITH GIVING THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR A 6 YEAR START-UP SENTENCE FOR RECOMMENDATION. I WOUND UP GIVING THE FELLOW A LOT MORE, BUT IT WASN'T ANY FUN.
I KNEW THE SYSTEM WAS BROKEN DOWN. ALL THE TALK ABOUT REHABILITATION WAS A JOKE AND NOBODY BELIEVED THE PRISONERS HAD EVEN THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF CHANGING THEIR LIVES.
THEN WE WONDERED WHY THEY KEPT COMING BACK. HELLO OUT THERE?
MORE TO COME ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT IT'S LATE. G'NIGHT.
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