Because prisons are not safe. In the neo-liberal society we live in, prisons are a business. Prisons need bodies and they exploit minorities to get and maintain the numbers. They are not just.
11:11 AM | April 20, 2017
Anonymous
I'm assuming that you mean, "do the existence of prisons make me feel safe". No. There are too many innocent people in prisons. Too many people, who require other forms of "rehabilitation", are dumped into the prison system and then unemployable. At that point, the only way for them to survive is to begin a life of crime. Also, many of the policymakers are the real criminals. And, they rarely go to prison. Many people who go to prison commit far worse crimes after re-entry. So, no. The prison system, as we know it, does not make me feel safe.
6:18 PM | March 25, 2017
Liz S
They make me feel like I live in a nation where someone can be stripped of their humanity, that this is a place where anyone's basic dignity can be on the line. Even conditionally, that make me feel less secure.
7:19 PM | October 10, 2016
Anezka Sebek
Incarcerating someone is humiliating and devastating to people who do not have the money to pay for a legal team. It does nothing to "rehabilitate" the person. It holds people back from contributing to their communities.
1:13 PM | September 12, 2016
Anonymous
They do not rehabilitate, they make things worse.
11:11 AM | September 7, 2016
Melissa
No matter what, I will never entirely feel safe. Many people who engage in criminal activity are not caught. Plus other people commit acts in the heat of the moment. However, there are instances where certain people who continuously commit crimes such as rape and murder are sent to prison and can receive the necessary medical/psychological attention they need. This is why having prisons make me feel safer but I do not agree with sending people to prison for possession of narcotics when what they need is rehabilitation. In that instance prisons do NOT make me feel safe in the community because prison is where some individuals who do not commit violent felonies may learn how to commit one or get involved in a criminal organization. Prison changes the mindset of an incarcerated individual.
2:02 AM | August 11, 2016
James Fairchild
Correctional institutions do little to "correct" behaviors of the incarcerated and do much to destroy communities.
7:07 AM | May 22, 2016
Lidia
You've got to be kidding me-it's so trsrlpanentay clear now!
1:01 AM | May 8, 2016
Ranessa
Articles like these put the consumer in the driver seat-very imanttpor.
12:00 AM | May 8, 2016
Curtis Smeby
No, they actually make the community and society less safe. Our system of over incarceration is not a deterrent but a prison industry that seems like it cannot be controlled or stopped. Private prison profits are at the heart of this dilemma.
Sam
Because prisons are not safe. In the neo-liberal society we live in, prisons are a business. Prisons need bodies and they exploit minorities to get and maintain the numbers. They are not just.
11:11 AM | April 20, 2017
Anonymous
I'm assuming that you mean, "do the existence of prisons make me feel safe". No. There are too many innocent people in prisons. Too many people, who require other forms of "rehabilitation", are dumped into the prison system and then unemployable. At that point, the only way for them to survive is to begin a life of crime. Also, many of the policymakers are the real criminals. And, they rarely go to prison. Many people who go to prison commit far worse crimes after re-entry. So, no. The prison system, as we know it, does not make me feel safe.
6:18 PM | March 25, 2017
Liz S
They make me feel like I live in a nation where someone can be stripped of their humanity, that this is a place where anyone's basic dignity can be on the line. Even conditionally, that make me feel less secure.
7:19 PM | October 10, 2016
Anezka Sebek
Incarcerating someone is humiliating and devastating to people who do not have the money to pay for a legal team. It does nothing to "rehabilitate" the person. It holds people back from contributing to their communities.
1:13 PM | September 12, 2016
Anonymous
They do not rehabilitate, they make things worse.
11:11 AM | September 7, 2016
Melissa
No matter what, I will never entirely feel safe. Many people who engage in criminal activity are not caught. Plus other people commit acts in the heat of the moment. However, there are instances where certain people who continuously commit crimes such as rape and murder are sent to prison and can receive the necessary medical/psychological attention they need. This is why having prisons make me feel safer but I do not agree with sending people to prison for possession of narcotics when what they need is rehabilitation. In that instance prisons do NOT make me feel safe in the community because prison is where some individuals who do not commit violent felonies may learn how to commit one or get involved in a criminal organization. Prison changes the mindset of an incarcerated individual.
2:02 AM | August 11, 2016
James Fairchild
Correctional institutions do little to "correct" behaviors of the incarcerated and do much to destroy communities.
7:07 AM | May 22, 2016
Lidia
You've got to be kidding me-it's so trsrlpanentay clear now!
1:01 AM | May 8, 2016
Ranessa
Articles like these put the consumer in the driver seat-very imanttpor.
12:00 AM | May 8, 2016
Curtis Smeby
No, they actually make the community and society less safe. Our system of over incarceration is not a deterrent but a prison industry that seems like it cannot be controlled or stopped. Private prison profits are at the heart of this dilemma.
2:14 PM | April 22, 2016
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