The Revolving Door To Prison
Posted by Catherine Morgan on July 23, 2007
Hi everyone. This week I will be having a couple of guest bloggers, that have written some great posts. I hope you enjoy.
Todays guest blogger is Carol, you can see more from Carol at her blog…”My View of It“.
The Revolving Door To Prison
Today’s American prison system creates a “revolving door” – inmates are released without any job prospects and in most cases, without any place to go. No one will hire an ex-con, especially one who has been convicted of murder, rape, etc. Released convicts therefore resort to living on the streets — increasing the crime rate and lowering property values. This is a common fact.
The State obviously realizes this- in fact, this is done purposely. The government realizes that in many cases the former prisoners turned homeless will commit petty or victimless crimes (drugs, public indecency, etc). Today’s laws enable a homeless person to get arrested for peddling (asking for change). The federal government releases these ex-cons and purposely perpetuate this “game” by almost encouraging this increasingly problematic homeless situation.
So why does the prison system want their inmates to fall into the revolving door trap and return to prison or jail? Prisoners’ money or any personal collateral is put in a federal bank.
In turn, the state collects BILLIONS on interest, as well as plea bargains.
Now let’s talk a little about The Truth About Private Prisons, they have always presented themselves as both cheaper and better than the traditional publicly owned prisons, staffed by state employees. The truth is that some Prisons have been found to be guilty of: failure to provide adequate medical care to prisoners; failure to control violence in its prisons; substandard conditions that have resulted in prisoner protests and uprisings; criminal activity on the part of some employees, including the sale of illegal drugs to prisoners; and escapes, which in the case of at least two facilities include inadvertent releases of prisoners who were supposed to remain in custody.
Prisoners become Slaves of the State which might help explain the hidden agenda within the prison system to keep that door revolving!
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Read more from Carol at My View of It.
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