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I agree that prisons, while designed to be places of reform, are anything but helpful to a lot of people. There are some people who trulely beyond help and they need to be behind bars but thats not the same for everyone who serves time. I think that there needs to be a better disinction made between the two groups. The prison system has already done this by segregating violent inmates but I believe that more can be done.
Unfortunately an issue brought up by this is what exactly are the requirements for someone to be written off as incurable? Its hard to comprehend how violent or disturbed some people can be. Where do we draw the line between those curable and those beyond help?
Personally I've always favored the prisons that make the imates work. Examples include Angola State and some newer prisons in Arizona. In these situations at least the inmates are helping to pay for their expense on the government, having something to do rather than stew in a cell all day, and even getting some valuable work skills for their lives outside of prison.
Sidenote: As for these ever increasing number of corporate criminals, commit a crime=do the time. These people shouldn't be sent to so-called white coller prisons (like the one formerly located a Eglins AFB in Florida) because they have a lot of money. They screwed a lot of people over and deserve equal punishment.
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