We all know that horrible things happen to many people serving time in prison such as rape, assault, and murder.
Do you think that more should be done to guarantee the safety of convicts?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Prison should be about rehabilitation. It should also be for only violent criminals. Others, the poor who can't pay fines, the mentally unwell, white collar crime, thieves, they should all be working off their crimes doing voluntary work. The should have a curfew and be deprived of going to pubs and such. But in this way, they could pay for their crimes without become the bitter and hardened crims that often are released from jail.
MsDemeanour
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July 4, 2018
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Why Americans Don't Care About Prison Rape
What's surprising is learning that many instances of sexual assault are not committed by other inmates.
Hermit
Level 7
July 2, 2018
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Easy one. Safety is a basic human right.
MissaDixon
Level 7
July 2, 2018
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That's why Trump want's out of the UN, he doesn't like people to have guaranteed rights.
@PickledRick That's why the right wants out. They want all the bad stuff back.
There is no such thing as a guarantee of safety, not for those inside or any of us on the outside. Safety is an illusion that sells a lot of insurance and anti-theft devices, not to mention weapons. You can be armed to the teeth and someone can just walk up behind you quietly and blow out your brains. I don't see the point of protecting the safety of criminals when we can't protect the safety of non-criminals. Those horrible things can and do happen to anybody, regardless of methods of protection.
exilesky
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July 2, 2018
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Putting people in prison for non-violent crimes with violent criminal felons is just wrong.
PickledRick
Level 8
July 2, 2018
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I guess that's why they normally separate them.
@girlwithsmiles The word, 'normally' , is what they claim, but is it practiced? I've dealt with people who were in prison when they should have been in a Psyche Ward, victims of sexual abuse, beatings and theft of commissary items. Drug addiction is non-violent offense.
I am sometimes disgusted by people online who think that being raped in prison is a routine part of the punishment for crime. I think that deliberate failure to provide adequate security for prison inmates is a violation of the US constitution's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishments.
doug6352
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July 2, 2018
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