What do you think of prisoners?

United States
September 16, 2008 8:30pm CST
Do you think prisons are rough or do you think it's a learning experiance for that convict? Do you think inmates play games while they are in prison or do they take their time serious? From watching shows on the lives of people in prison I can see that most of them are just big babies....they committed the crime and now expect everything from food to clothing handed to them. It should cost them something....it's costing us....we are paying for them to live....Men and women that molested children, theives, murderers, men and women that took advantage of the old lady down the street, drug dealers....do you think they deserve to get out? They are in prison for a reason.....The person putting money on their books is also another person they are taking advantage of. The single mom that's putting money in the gangsters books.....she is barely able to feed herself and her baby......she's waiting 12 years for him to get out...what can he possibly be able to offer her...????What would you do if your husband when to prison for rape, murder, burglary, assault? He is in prison for a reason...convicted by his/ her peers!?
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• United States
17 Sep 08
I have a cousin in prison and he doesn't expect everything to be handed to him. Most prisons the only thing supplied is the food and even then half the money put in there accounts is taken away, every time money is put in. I think some prisons are rough and for some prisoners it is a learning experience. Of course the play card games and i also here dominoes is a favorite game. What do you expect them to do all day for however long they are in. They need something to pass the time. Some even work in the prisons. My cousin does maintenance. And yes some i think deserve to get out, but that all depends on what they are in there for. Depending on what you are in for, there is classes and therapy you have to take before you are even considered to be released. As for the women who is neglecting herself and her baby, thats her own stupidity. If it were my husband it would totally depend on what he was in for if i would stand by him.
• United States
19 Sep 08
I think prisons should video tape Inmates and sell the tapes to the families. They should show how they act and what they do on a daily basis. I'm sure most people would be surprised on how their loved one behaves. Thanks For the Response!
• United States
18 Sep 08
Prisoners don't have it as good as you think. Many prisoners do have jobs and get paid very little. They do have to buy things to get stuff like junk food. Sure prisoners have done bad things in the past but as long as there are prisons then it is the state's responsibility to take care of them. When you want to take away someone's freedom you are expected to take care of them. Prisoners are usually in their cells most of the time and they have no privacy when it comes to using the bathroom and getting changed. Prisoners are always strip searched. In a prisoners cell there isn't much room to move around. Many prisoners do get released because they serve their time. The last thing you want is for them to get revenge because of how badly they are treated in prison. If prisoners are treated bad they are most likely going to act bad or worse then they were before they went to prison. No matter how bad something is it can always get worse.
• United States
19 Sep 08
It's also who they hang around with in prison. There are prison gangs and most Inmates belong to them because they have to. Convicts shouldn't have rights as to privacy while they are in prison. And they should be searched all the time. You don't want them walking around with a shank and passing it around. If they had privacy there would be so much more violence in a prison. They take away the freedom so they won't hurt any more people not because they want to incarcerate them. It's their fault they got sent there in the first place. Thanks For your response.
@dookie03 (578)
• United States
20 Sep 08
I've been to county jail multiple time but never the big house. I've had friends that have been in prison and truthfully they really didn't deserve it they just got caught too many times. Lets talk truth here though if your a murderer then you deserve to serve the rest of your life in prison, if your just a guy that likes to get drunk or stoned and just keep getting caught then well you just have bad luck and will have to knuckle it out and hope you get a short sentence.