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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Nov 21
Back in the 1980s, a man in my state of Oregon was convicted of murdering eight women and suspected of fourteen total murders. He was sentenced to death, but now will be resentenced, probably to life in prison, which is no picnic...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Feb 19
Between 2011 and 2016 22% of the inmates in federal prisons were non U.S. citizens. It cost $7.5 billion to detain non U.S. citizens during those five years. There were 730,000 non U.S. citizens in federal, state and local...
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Heinrich Daniels
@notewise777 (247)
• Cape Town, South Africa
16 Nov 18
Over the course of the past few months you might have notices that I was rather quiet on this platform. This is due to my teaching occupation (hectic time of the time) - getting kids ready for exams etc.
Apart from that I am also...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Nov 17
While I was traveling in Texas recently, there was a fascinating story on the news. Apparently, a simple one-day etiquette class can make prison inmates far less likely to return to prison after they are released.
At the...
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rosepedal64
@rosepedal64 (4188)
• United States
2 May 11
I was an active member several months back and have now returned. I wanted to share some news with you all. Some of you may remember that I had an adult son that mixed up with the drugs and ended up in Prison. He is now home. He...
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laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
23 Aug 10
First I laughed, then the more I thought about it.....
[i]Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they would work in...
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natnickeep
@natnickeep (2336)
• United States
7 Jan 10
What are your views on the death penalty? Do you think it is okay when people commit certain crimes or is it never okay. I think it is okay for murderers and anyone who hurts children, and rapists. Other than that I think maybe...
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paula27661
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Jun 09
Netherlands is to close 8 prisons because there is not enough crime! Three prisons will be closed this year and the rest in 2012. There is a decline in criminal activity apparently and contrary to popular belief drugs are not...
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April
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
15 Nov 08
Sooo I was checkin world news as I usually do everyday and I found this..This happened in Canada..and i was just in Awwwe when i read it..apparently in TORONTO (Nov. 13) An obese inmate who goes by the nickname "Big Mike" has been...
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mommyboo
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
2 Nov 08
I got this idea from watching Demolition Man again - which takes place apparently in 1996. I don't think we have the capacity to cryogenically freeze folks and then thaw them out but I bet anything if we do some research in this...
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posham
@posham (1236)
• Philippines
16 Mar 08
Have you heard of proposals of privatizing prisons? handing responsibility from governments to private groups in order to lessen expenses for governments so that they can channel those resources to other necessity like education,...
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Modestah
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
13 Jan 08
Is Rehabilitation possible when you consider the following?
All during history, from the time of Cain and Able all the way to our modern world criminals have had one thing in common -
they all ate bread, and they all drank...
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