Journal Nymz's Journal: Mandatory TV Conversion Creates Complications For Prisons 12
Over-the-air analog TV is free to be received, and is considered
an appropriate method to disseminate news and entertainment to prisoners
in order to keep them informed of current events, to keep peace within a very
stressful and often violent environment, and to reward and encourage civilized
behavior for the day when they are reintegrated into society.
But some prison officials are struggling with how to pay for the upgrade, brought on by the mandatory digital TV conversion, and others face additional legal hurdles that ban upgrades, because it was assumed there would always be free analog broadcasts available. Read more about - Why U.S. prisons want their digital television.
But some prison officials are struggling with how to pay for the upgrade, brought on by the mandatory digital TV conversion, and others face additional legal hurdles that ban upgrades, because it was assumed there would always be free analog broadcasts available. Read more about - Why U.S. prisons want their digital television.
Maybe I'm getting cynical in my old age... (Score:2)
I don't know if it is still the case, but the jail in San Jose banned not only all tabacco, but all sugar and caffeine as well. So no soda, sweets, or coffee. The recitivisim rate plummeted;-)
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for example: why do they need TVs, radios, magazines, newspapers, etc...
they are there as punishment for their crimes not on freaking vacation.
lock them in 6 foot by 8 foot cells by themselves, no entertainment, no "play outside in the yard" time, no nothing.
just a plain white walled cell with a 1 way mirror outside the bars on the front so they cant see out but the guards can see every move they make.
im sure after a few years
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what they need is HBO and Showtime.
your idea of prison is slightly warped. it is not a place to punish criminals--it's a place to separate them from society until they cool down.
for punishment, i would much rather take 10 years of torture and daily lashings than 10 years in a solitary confinement space as you described. the simple stimulation of the whip would keep my brain from atrophying and turning me into a lunatic. which, btw, cannot be undone. are you sure those are the type of people you want bac
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I'm all for the solitary confinement, but with and interesting twist - first time offenders get very short sentences - say 6 months for robbery, etc. 2nd time you do 10-15 year (Depending on crime) - 3rd time isn't like current "3 strikes laws" - you are executed within 24 hours of conviction
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I'm all for the solitary confinement, but with and interesting twist - first time offenders get very short sentences - say 6 months for robbery, etc. 2nd time you do 10-15 year (Depending on crime) - 3rd time isn't like current "3 strikes laws" - you are executed within 24 hours of conviction
That sounds like a great idea, at first, but in reality we all know that district attorneys, judges, and juries will find it impossible to convict someone if they know it will be their 3rd strike, and their death.
I think prison really needs some forms of rehabilitation, because most people in there are mentally broken in some way. Their sentence shouldn't be based on time, but on whether they are fixed and ready to reintegrate into society.
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the tim McVeighs and ted kazinskis however need a nice dark place to sit and be forgotten about
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Yeah, and you have to think of the poor guys in there, who might have been convicted falsly, or those who really are working there way out of there the right way.
Or those who have loved ones they might want to make sure are safe. Or even those who like their cartoons and that means they'll be happier/calmer that day.
A tremendous story (Score:2)
Low power transmitter (Score:1)