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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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Immigration Stats

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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Suggestions on doing extra over the festive season?

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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Stopping Crime one Etiquette Class at a Time

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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Slavery still exists in the USA

Daniel @RhoShambo (79) 19 Jan 17

American slavery was technically abolished in 1865, but a loophole in the 13th Amendment has allowed it to continue “as a punishment for crimes” well into the 21st century. Not surprisingly, corporations have lobbied for a broader...

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he is home

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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He will teach New Yorkers Hygiene

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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To die or not to die

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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Did you know...

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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Would you take your child into a prison to visit their parent?

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 24 Mar 09

I saw this in Dear Abby today and it sparked a conversation I had at work one day with the gals. If you were a woman who had a child (or a man with a child) whose father (or mother) was in prison for whatever crime would you take...

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Do people in prison get special day on their birthdays?

Lindery @Lindery (853) • Latvia 28 Jan 09

Last night I watched a movie about women prisoners, guards were unfair to them and all movie was escape from fights with prison's guard and other prisoner women who has became something like bosses over other women. In the movie...

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Convict Released Early Due to Obesity.......

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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I don't want a prison in my backyard - can we freeze criminals for 50 years?

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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4 dead and 20 injured over the weekend

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 21 Apr 08

Another headline from the Iraq war. It is getting sickining to have this be the only news from Iraq. But this headline is not from Iraq. It is from Chicago, IL. In the span of 17 hours this past weekend the killings happened and...

Privatization of Prisons

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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Rehab of hardened criminals - something to ponder??

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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prisoners on MYLOT??

stanzi2007 @stanzi2007 (602) • United States 27 Nov 07

R there any inmates on mylot.com out there?...stanzi

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America V UK Crime Debate

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 20 Nov 07

Why is it that compared to the USA, The UK is far too soft, lenient and lenient on criminals? I have seen both programmes in America about cops and in this country and I can't believe the difference! In the UK criminals are...

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Should prisons punish or reform prisoners.

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 28 Aug 07

I do think the reforming is best part but just punishing may not make these prisoner or crimnals to change their behavious. It their mind that has to be changed were these punishment has to be eliminated in unnessary forms if they...

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Dangerous brains - criminals

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 22 Aug 07

I do seen and heard some criminals have brains which are too dangerous for others. Those criminals are too intelligent that no one even know that person is a criminal those crimes done by him will certainly go uncatched may be...

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