California must free thousands of inmates
 

Found this on msn today.
i know it's in the states, but you never know, one day maybe our prisons will have too many inmates.
what are you views on this?

makes sense. the states is fucking retarded, they throw people in jail for having a little bit of weed on them...

california has that "3 strikes law" right?
is that what's causing this?

^you just asked a long and complicated question.

Canada is turning in to America.

We are introducing the mandatory minimum which will populate our prison a lot more.

Also we are now discussing about a billion dollar new expansion to house the inmates.

ya i realized it after i reread it

It's really hard to find a balance.

On one hand, we see all the time - in the news, murderers, pedophiles, etc, being released on parole way too soon - and everybody bitches about the system and how they shouldn't be allowed to roam the street so soon.

On the other hand, we look at the states, and see just how bad the other extreme could be.

Harper wants to turn us into the usa even though the usa is a clear example of how fucked up their "way" is

hell Harper is even siding with Israel now

Not sure if that israeli the problem we have here.

Should open this place back up. It's only got like 350 cells but every little bit helps!

http://www.thingstoseeinsanfrancisco...raz-island.jpg

Just make sure none of this shit is still lying around...especially if you're concerned about health care.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iLSmTPwJGZ...Ts/s400/13.jpg

throw in a couple shanks, give them a "do whatever you want without consequences" day.
itll probably kill of tons of child molestors, sincei hear theyre the worst.

Wow, there's more people in prison in California, then in all of Canada.

Just legalize marijuana. That would solve a lot of the problems.

Mother fuckkkkka just doooo it!
And maybe then the HST will be lowered, social services will increase, and income tax will be lowered.

It's so damn simple. Just legalize it! Then all those weed dealers will be obsolete, the people who go to jail with more than an ounce will be obsolete, etc.

Or just legalize the production and manufacturing of hemp. That will generate a lot of new business and other random goodness.
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I don't think legalizing pot will solve all problems every where.

But I think it would be a great start. Especially in the states where you can get major time for very small possession.

Again why are tax dollars paying to house inmates? Why the hell arn't they doing manual labour turning a profit?
Take your average road repair crew, throw in cell mates pay them 1/4 of what the normal crews make use the rest of the money on guards and quality inspectors. Bet the roads would be alot smoother.

Outsource the prison to China and they will probably learn some lesson. These inmates here are living the life many on earth wish to have.

There are also more people in California, than all of Canada - but I'm sure the ratio of # of Inmates per capita is much higher in California.

The media makes money off of the bad press they give to the justice system, no one wants to hear about the system just doing their job properly, those and police brutality are the biggest stories, just as the biggest celeb stories are always scandals. The media will always highlight more scandals than success stories because they sell, so what you think about our justice system is most likely skewed if you're knowledge is based off news.

How and where would they do this? In a factory? Out on the streets paving roads? There is a reason why they are in prison and there is a reason why there is maximum security.

If there is one little chance they can escape, they would. You can't just lock them in a warehouse and let them work, and then escort them out to their bedroom whenever their job is done.

They should of made the Texas into a prison. Build a concrete wall around it with electrical barbed wires and one exit/entrance that have a motion sensor machine gun that can only be turned off by authorities. Throw inmates who convicted serious crimes like murder, raping, serial killers, arm robbers, etc. and let them deal with each other in there. Every day, a helicopter drops a shipment of food for them. Clothes and shelter? Well survival of the fittest.

if it was minimum security, maybe.
in a MAX / SUPERMAX security, they house the worst of the worst.
escaping one of those isn't impossible, there have been some in the past.
if an inmate can escape a MAX security prison, imagine what would happen if hundreds of MAX security inmates were allowed to work on public roads, let alone factories with almost zero securitry features

Here in BC we had a prison farming program where prisoners worked in farms to train prisoners in trade, and also to provide food for the prison and the remainder was sold to the community. It was a great program, because not only did it make people productive but it gave them training and skills for when they left prison.

The program was canceled.

just another example of moving towards more of a US Republican attitude rather than a traditionally Canadian one

it's Mulroney part 2 but more maniacal ;)

That sounds like Australia
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So take away jobs from hard working honest people, and give them to criminals?

There are people in the US that serve prison time for not being able to pay fines/tickets for things like lack of helmet while riding a bicycle. So of course these numbers are going to seem a lot higher than they "really" are.