Lock down, video surveillance , solitary confinement, searches and guards everywhere and we still cannot keep drugs out of our overcrowded prisons and jails.
So how can we half expect to keep drugs out of our country!
Makes you think doesn't it? ... Well, maybe.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
What Drives Change?
In this 'utopian' capitalistic society that we live in, major changes, whether they are of a social nature or not, are driven by the dollar and not by empathy or by compassion.
By this I mean only when the 'powers that be' start feeling the financial strains of various programs is there talk of change.
By this I mean only when the 'powers that be' start feeling the financial strains of various programs is there talk of change.
California is in a budget crunch, so let's consider releasing a few thousand non-violent jail and prison inmates. I do not hear too much discussion or the question being asked: Why are these people being incarcerated in the first place? But millions of dollars are being budgeted for and spent on more prisons and jails. Who is questioning the fact that the US has the highest per capita prison population in the world? The Criminal Industrial Complex with all its vested interests needs to be maintained. The revolving door needs to keep turning - the goal is definitely not rehabilitation, it is purely punishment and retribution. If you are convicted of a felony - do not for one moment think that you serve your time and pay your debt to society. No way! Once a felon always a felon - Live with it, try and get a job with your 'record' and attempt to stay away from that revolving door.
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