Recent questions tagged prisons

Description : Would this be a more or less humane way for the U.S. to execute prisoners? (Details Inside)

Last Answer : Purely for poetic purposes, I’d choose hemlock.

Description : Have you ever held "firm" opinions or assumptions about a situation, but did a complete 180 when actually exposed to it?

Last Answer : answer:Fortunately or unfortunately, I have always had sympathy for the underdog-the ones most despised by the majority. There may have been times when I've had to change my assumptions, but I can't ... , I realize that price controls won't work.The little guy would be worse off, not better.

Description : The term Dead Man Walking originated when?

Last Answer : I think it originated with people infected with the Black Plague (ie: they would be dead soon) but don’t quote me on that

Description : Isn't prison just a "school of criminology"?

Last Answer : If a person wants to learn how to do something- they find the knowledge. Whether it’s in prison, a library or from trial and error is up to the person.

Description : Should rape in prison be stopped?

Last Answer : uh, I would say yes…. but hey, large men anally violating other large men is probably good for our society…

Description : Do you believe that Frank Morris, along with John & Clarence Anglin, successfully escaped from Alcatraz Island Federal Prison on June 11, 1962?

Last Answer : There is no question that the escape was successful. They were never found on the island so we are sure they ecaped. Now, were they successful in surviving? Beats me. I would think it was very possible, though.

Description : Ideas on bringing our prison system into the 21st century?

Last Answer : answer:The very BEST way to improve prisons and prison systems, is to reduce the number of people who keep getting sent to them. Create better citizens (by creating better parents and kids) and everntually, ... history, and 20,000 of them (approx.) are INNOCENT. September 2, 2008, 3:52 PM EDT