What should we do about overcrowded prisons???

Execute everyone serving a life sentence.....AdamPA1006

[QUOTE="AdamPA1006"]Execute everyone serving a life sentence.....TaoJeetKuneDo

Just let like all the people who did murder back on the streets then like let new people in then execute those, then the people that you let out bring those back in then you'll have room then let the people who are just back in again come back out

Just let like all the people who did murder back on the streets then like let new people in then execute those, then the people that you let out bring those back in then you'll have room then let the people who are just back in again come back out

cyborg9

Is it just me or did anyone else have trouble making sense of this?

Is it just me or did anyone else have trouble making sense of this?

worlock77

Nope, you aren't alone in that.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Is it just me or did anyone else have trouble making sense of this?

airshocker

Nope, you aren't alone in that.

I think he's saying that we should release the people in prison, and then when the new people, no...wait, we're supposed to kill the people in prison, and then let the new people...I, umm...

I don't know either. :?

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Damn OP you seriously hate black people don't you? I'm starting to notice that whenever there's a thinly veiled thread dealing with how much of a burden blacks are on US society, you're the OP. Just come out and say it; I HATE *******! It will feel better I promise!SapSacPrime

like he said i'm just stating facts. i never said i hated anyone. why do you make ignorant assumptions F1?

The US has "privatized" prison systems.

The second anything becomes big business, it also becomes more popular.

It's not going anywhere. The only feasible method of dealing with it is to vote for bills that lessen sentences or get rid of unnecessary ones. Get out there and vote people.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

I'd say it speaks more about the unevenness of the US legal system than it does about race. Blacks busted for drugs get prison. Whites busted for drugs get rehab.

worlock77

Then why does crack cocaine (more likely to be used by blacks) carry harsher penalties than power cocaine (more likely to be used by whites)?

because its cheaper to make and is actually shown to be more addictive.

This is an easy question to answer. Start executing the most heinous murderers, rapists, and child molesters.

[QUOTE="LegitGamer3212"]

blacks and hispanics account for 75% of the prison population. Silverbond

Point?

Yeah seriously... what the hell is the point of that statistic!?!? Is that even true!?!?

I think any crime warranting more than 10 years should just be elevated to the death penalty and their remains should be used as cattle feed or soild enrichment for government sponsored farms. Keeping people in prison for more than 10 years is a waste of tax payer dollars. The longer a person is in prison, the less probable it is that they'll be able to live a normal and productive life when they get out. They should just be put down to save money and to spare them the torment of such a long sentence. Alternatively, any crime warranting more than 10 years in prison should just be punished by being deported to some island called "No Man's Land". The prisoner would be exiled there for life.

1. decriminalize and legalize certain drugs (another debate for another topic) 2. put non-violent offenders to work for society in half-way houses 3. get rid of the 3-strike rule for 'victimless crimes'rawsavon

This

I think any crime warranting more than 10 years should just be elevated to the death penalty. Keeping people in prison for more than 10 years is a waste of tax payer dollars. The longer a person is in prison, the less probable it is that they'll be able to live a normal and productive life when they get out. They should just be put down to save money and to spare them the torment of such a long sentence. Alternatively, any crime warranting more than 10 years in prison should just be punished by being deported to some island called "No Man's Land". The prisoner would be exiled there for life.

BluRayHiDef

That is an insane solution. Lots of financial crimes can get +10 years of sentence, and although financial crimes is pretty douchbaggery certainly doesn't deserve death or life isolation

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

I think any crime warranting more than 10 years should just be elevated to the death penalty. Keeping people in prison for more than 10 years is a waste of tax payer dollars. The longer a person is in prison, the less probable it is that they'll be able to live a normal and productive life when they get out. They should just be put down to save money and to spare them the torment of such a long sentence. Alternatively, any crime warranting more than 10 years in prison should just be punished by being deported to some island called "No Man's Land". The prisoner would be exiled there for life.

Adrianstalker

That is an insane solution. Lots of financial crimes can get +10 years of sentence, and although financial crimes is pretty douchbaggery certainly doesn't deserve death or life isolation

The bodies of those sentenced to death should be used for soil enrichment or as cattle feed on government sponsored farms.

[spoiler] Just joking. [/spoiler]

[QUOTE="Adrianstalker"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

I think any crime warranting more than 10 years should just be elevated to the death penalty. Keeping people in prison for more than 10 years is a waste of tax payer dollars. The longer a person is in prison, the less probable it is that they'll be able to live a normal and productive life when they get out. They should just be put down to save money and to spare them the torment of such a long sentence. Alternatively, any crime warranting more than 10 years in prison should just be punished by being deported to some island called "No Man's Land". The prisoner would be exiled there for life.

BluRayHiDef

That is an insane solution. Lots of financial crimes can get +10 years of sentence, and although financial crimes is pretty douchbaggery certainly doesn't deserve death or life isolation

The bodies of those sentenced to death should be used for soil enrichment or as cattle feed on government sponsored farms.

Gladly no one actually listen to you

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

[QUOTE="Adrianstalker"]

That is an insane solution. Lots of financial crimes can get +10 years of sentence, and although financial crimes is pretty douchbaggery certainly doesn't deserve death or life isolation

Adrianstalker

The bodies of those sentenced to death should be used for soil enrichment or as cattle feed on government sponsored farms.

Gladly no one actually listen to you

I was just joking.

For starters I would legalize soft drugs and release soft users.

Hard Users should be put in rehab, not prison.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

[QUOTE="Adrianstalker"]

Gladly no one actually listen to you

Adrianstalker

I was just joking.

All of it? Or just the soil enrichmment and cattle feeding part?

Just the soil enrichment and cattle feed. You didn't find it to be funny? Don't you think it'd be hilarious if their bodies were actually ground-up and fed to cows or used as a soild additive. Oh, God. :lol:

]There would be regulations to pass. Like if you were caught on video committing the crime or have 2 or more witnesses you die. Seems fair to me.Nick3306

The problem with that is if somebody really hates you they can always pay off two people to say they saw you commit said crime so you can die. It would almost be legalized murder as long as the people who lied on you aren't caught.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

I think any crime warranting more than 10 years should just be elevated to the death penalty. Keeping people in prison for more than 10 years is a waste of tax payer dollars. The longer a person is in prison, the less probable it is that they'll be able to live a normal and productive life when they get out. They should just be put down to save money and to spare them the torment of such a long sentence. Alternatively, any crime warranting more than 10 years in prison should just be punished by being deported to some island called "No Man's Land". The prisoner would be exiled there for life.

Adrianstalker

That is an insane solution. Lots of financial crimes can get +10 years of sentence, and although financial crimes is pretty douchbaggery certainly doesn't deserve death or life isolation

Legalizing marijuana won't have a huge dent because for the most part possession of marijuana will only get you a fine and a misdemeanor conviction on your record. It's the ones who were caught selling, manufacturing, distributing, or trafficking that really get hosed. A lot of other minor crimes end up resulting in little more than probation. You're more likely to spend time behind bars for a DUI than for most other non-violent crimes. The easiest way to deal with the overcrowded prisons outside of just not sending people to jail anymore is to simply build more. But that costs money in construction and employment. Killing anybody on a life sentence would probably be challenged since that person was given one sentence and they want to make it harsher just for the sake of clearing space. People on OT aren't really going to be able to come up with the best solution, so all we can do is guess and speculate.

Just kill them all, they had their chance at life and they failed.Conservative-g

I love the simplicity and frankness of this post. We need more people like you.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="LegitGamer3212"]

blacks and hispanics account for 75% of the prison population. WILL_423

Point?

Yeah seriously... what the hell is the point of that statistic!?!? Is that even true!?!?

[QUOTE="WILL_423"]

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Point?

bigdcstile

Yeah seriously... what the hell is the point of that statistic!?!? Is that even true!?!?

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"][QUOTE="WILL_423"]

Yeah seriously... what the hell is the point of that statistic!?!? Is that even true!?!?

LOXO7

I don't see how poverty has anything to do with the people in prison. ?LOXO7

Execute all prisoners serving a life sentence or just eliminate the life sentence all together.

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Maybe they have to many law's? any one ever think about that?

We actually use some of our prison money for rehabilitation so those who leave it do not go back into it again.

Barley any money goes into rehab for prisoners which is pathetic...

Oh and umm make pot legal that will cut out a good portion

We remove the source of the overfilled prisons and end the problem.

That source? government and its tyrannical laws.

ANARCHY 4 LIFE

Maybe they have to many law's? any one ever think about that?

bloodcord

kill every person that is in jail for more then 10 years...

if your not ready to enter public after 10 years of jail then u pretty much never be ready...

Prison should be reserved exclusively for violent crimes against other people and for those who are habitual offenders. Sending some dude to jail for 20 years because he cheated on his taxes by defrauding the government is patently stupid.

[QUOTE="LOXO7"]

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"] Close but no cigar. It's actually kind of funny the way people break it down in an 'us versus them' kind of mindset considering whites make up around 57% of the prison population, not a meager 25% that he'd suggest. And statistics like this say absolutely nothing about causality considering you'd have to factor in the poverty rates and the breakdown of offenses. It's like me making a thread about the hardships of owning a dog and then pointing out that pitbulls make up an majority of maulings. It adds absolutely nothing and just seems like awkward fluff.bigdcstile

I think people are missing the fact of how many blacks and hispanics are below the poverty line, where the majority of crime is committed at..