40 Reasons Why Our Jails Are Full of Black and Poor People

[MathewSmith]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports 2.2 million people are in our nation's jails and prisons and another 4.5 million people are on probation or parole in the U.S., totaling 6.8 million people, one of every 35 adults. We are far and away the world leader in putting our own people in jail. Most of the people inside are poor and Black. Here are 40 reasons why.

40 Reasons Why Our Jails Are Full of Black and Poor People Bill Quigley

There are so many problems with this article. It's not about racism. Don't commit crime - problem solved. Except for the 8% in prison completely innocent, of course. But it's about justice. How about we start blaming those who commit crimes? How about logic? Black or white, educated and not educated- it doesn't matter. No crime - no jail.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Loss of respect for law is the biggest part of the problem. When punishment for even heinous crimes is 'going back home' where you spent most of your life already, there isn't much of a deterrent to commiting crimes and hoping you get away with it.

For laws to work, people have to be deathly afraid of the consequences if they break one and get caught. People don't have that fear any more. Christianity did this with the concept of Hell. But there's no civil equivilent when prison is often a lot better than the dwellings criminals come from.

If we really want less crime, execute more, and make prisons worse. Why we would wish to make prisons nicer, cleaner, and safer for animals which victimized other people is beyond me. Let's do what Chris Rock suggested, "Drop a cow in the exercise yard and call it dinner."

 

[Roadrunner]

Three hots and a cot and all the sex you can extort is just not a fearful experience for far too many.

We need to hang more and incarcerate less; the long prison sentence is the true cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Auld Phart]

Loss of respect for law is the biggest part of the problem. When punishment for even heinous crimes is 'going back home' where you spent most of your life already, there isn't much of a deterrent to commiting crimes and hoping you get away with it.

For laws to work, people have to be deathly afraid of the consequences if they break one and get caught. People don't have that fear any more. Christianity did this with the concept of Hell. But there's no civil equivilent when prison is often a lot better than the dwellings criminals come from.

If we really want less crime, execute more, and make prisons worse. Why we would wish to make prisons nicer, cleaner, and safer for animals which victimized other people is beyond me. Let's do what Chris Rock suggested, "Drop a cow in the exercise yard and call it dinner."

Worked 10 years as a 'Corrections Officer', and couldn't agree more.

Most prisons seem to be built with a revolving door. Saw one kid come back on his third number before he hit the age 21.

Being in prison didn't bother him a bit, other than being interfering with business.