Bill to allow $60 million for prison construction approved by House committee

[Disir]

A plan to build prison facilities in Alabama to help reduce overcrowding advanced in the Legislature today.

The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee approved a bill to allow up to $60 million from bonds to be used for prison construction.

Rep. Mike Jones, R-Andalusia, the sponsor, said it was too early to say where facilities might be built or expanded.

New prison space is one component in a wide ranging plan to reduce overcrowding. Prisons have almost twice as many inmates as they were designed to hold.
Bill to allow 60 million for prison construction approved by House committee AL.com

Let's take a look at those reforms mentioned in the above link:
Alabama law classifies felonies as Class A, B and C. Ward's bill would create a new classification, Class D.

Class D felonies could bring a prison sentence of 1 to 5 years but unlike the other felonies would not always be counted under the Habitual Felony Offender Act, which results in longer sentences.

The law does not change any sentences retroactively.

But going forward, some offenses would change from a Class C to a Class D, including illegal possession or fraudulent use of a credit card.

Some marijuana possession offenses that are now a Class C felony would become Class D.

The bill would change the value thresholds for stolen property that helps determine the seriousness of a theft offense.

Some theft crimes and related crimes, such as receiving stolen property, would therefore change from Class C to Class D felonies.

Alabama Senate approves plan to slow flow of inmates to state prisons AL.com

So, basically if you are poor then you can have your crap stolen and not a damn thing can be done. How cool is that?

And then they can do it over and over again. How cool is this?

 

[Mr. H.]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

 

[Disir]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

 

[Disir]

Nation wide.

 

[Mr. H.]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

I believe that I've just been Brotch-slapped.

AND I LIKE IT!

 

[DarkFury]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

WE here in Maricopa county make SURE jail is one thing.
MISERY
Fourth largest jail in the WORLD and we have MORE tents!

 

[Disir]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

WE here in Maricopa county make SURE jail is one thing.
MISERY
Fourth largest jail in the WORLD and we have MORE tents!

It's coming.

 

[Mr. H.]

It's the fault of Liberals. They hate the notion of core values and the intact family unit.
They recoil at the notion of familial bonds, religion, the church, and corporal punishment.
Liberals also abhor heterosexual union and the even enforcement of law across all races.

WE here in Maricopa county make SURE jail is one thing.
MISERY
Fourth largest jail in the WORLD and we have MORE tents!

It's coming.

Those inmates are just like ISIL... all they need are jobs. $15/hour jobs.

 

[Political Junky]

We already have too many prisons.
As long a we have "for profit prisons" we'll have an excess of prisoners.

 

[MikeK]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

 

[DarkFury]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

That may be true. I read somewhere Bill Clinton built more prisons then had been built in nearly 40 years.

 

[Disir]

We already have too many prisons.
As long a we have "for profit prisons" we'll have an excess of prisoners.

No. That makes a great slogan but it's a little more complicated:
Highway Shootout Suspect Was On Probation for Earlier Gun Crime CBS St. Louis

 

[Disir]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

Not relevant. But, nice try.

 

[MikeK]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

Not relevant. But, nice try.

You don't think it reflects the essential nature of the American culture?

Not only do we imprison a greater percentage of our population than do the most repressive societies combined, we are transitioning our prison system into a for-profit enterprise. Pennsylvania rocked by jailing kids for cash scandal - CNN.com
Would you agree this is a clear manifestation of the ultimate capitalist entity, America, feeding on itself?

It is more than relevant. It is a dire warning that our government needs to pause and think this over -- or we soon will be seeing six month prison sentences for first-time traffic offenses. And, eventually, worse.

 

[MikeK]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

That may be true. I read somewhere Bill Clinton built more prisons then had been built in nearly 40 years.

The trend has continued.

Not only is the number of prisons and prisoners rising, prisons are becoming industrialized, i.e., utilizing prison labor to produce products and generate profits. The prisoners are paid a nominal wage, from which is deducted the cost of their confinement.

Doesn't that seem a bit like de-facto slavery? Can we not think of a for-profit prison as a de-facto plantation?

 

[rightwinger]

Always seems to be money for more prisons

 

[Disir]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

Not relevant. But, nice try.

You don't think it reflects the essential nature of the American culture?

Not only do we imprison a greater percentage of our population than do the most repressive societies combined, we are transitioning our prison system into a for-profit enterprise. Pennsylvania rocked by jailing kids for cash scandal - CNN.com
Would you agree this is a clear manifestation of the ultimate capitalist entity, America, feeding on itself?

It is more than relevant. It is a dire warning that our government needs to pause and think this over -- or we soon will be seeing six month prison sentences for first-time traffic offenses. And, eventually, worse.

Do you understand this?
Class D felonies could bring a prison sentence of 1 to 5 years but unlike the other felonies would not always be counted under the Habitual Felony Offender Act, which results in longer sentences.

But going forward, some offenses would change from a Class C to a Class D, including illegal possession or fraudulent use of a credit card.

Some marijuana possession offenses that are now a Class C felony would become Class D.

The bill would change the value thresholds for stolen property that helps determine the seriousness of a theft offense.

Some theft crimes and related crimes, such as receiving stolen property, would therefore change from Class C to Class D felonies.

 

[Disir]

Always seems to be money for more prisons

They have had 2 stabbings in one week. They are overcrowded.

 

[Disir]

Few Americans are aware that the law-enforcement industrial complex is the only remaining growth industry in their Country.

That is a fact.

That may be true. I read somewhere Bill Clinton built more prisons then had been built in nearly 40 years.

The trend has continued.

Not only is the number of prisons and prisoners rising, prisons are becoming industrialized, i.e., utilizing prison labor to produce products and generate profits. The prisoners are paid a nominal wage, from which is deducted the cost of their confinement.

Doesn't that seem a bit like de-facto slavery? Can we not think of a for-profit prison as a de-facto plantation?

The state prison incarceration rate has been declining since 2010
Bureau of Justice Statistics BJS - Prisoners in 2012 Trends in Admissions and Releases 1991-2012 Revised

 

[rightwinger]

A benefit of our ridiculous war on drugs

Build more prisons