Prison reform needs to happen in this country, period. There is really no good reason to make prison hell.
Hell? Do you have any idea what hell is like?
Besides from the hype of movies, television and media reports, do you really have any idea what prison life is like?
Tell me, what percentage of sexual assaults in prison are done by prison guards? Hint: It's a high percentage.
A high percentage? Really? Do tell.
Keep in mind that an allegations does not mean an assault happened.
Guards May Be Responsible for Half of Prison Sexual Assaults
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The survey also shows a growing proportion of the allegations have been dismissed by prison officials as “unfounded” or “unsubstantiated.” Only about 10 percent are substantiated by an investigation.
But even in the rare cases where there is enough evidence to prove that sexual abuse occurred, and that a correctional officer is responsible for it, the perpetrator rarely faces prosecution. While most prison staff shown to be involved in sexual misconduct lost their jobs, fewer than half were referred for prosecution, and only 1 percent ultimately got convicted.
Roughly one-third of staff caught abusing prisoners are allowed to resign before the investigation comes to a close, the report concludes, meaning there’s no public record of what exactly transpired and nothing preventing them from getting a similar job at another facility.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/guards-may-be-responsible-for-half-of-prison-sexual-assaults
"May" doesn't mean "are".
Only 10% of those allegations are substantiated by an investigation. So only like 5%.
(Which coincids with a report from 2012 of 5.3% of faculty.)
And then there is rarely any case with evidence to prove sexual abuse occurred and only half of those rarities (what ever that percentage is) get referred for prosecution, of which only 1% get convicted. There is a reason the juries or Judges are not buy into the inmates allegation.
Allegations vs actual proven sexual assult. Two different things.
the reason they're there is of their own volition.
Unless they plead guilty knowing they would be going to prison they are not there of there own volition.
The Government decided they should be there.
Most prisoners when offered to work take it by their own free choice, know why, because they are given something to do to pass the time, often it is outside (a plus), they get a way to make a few bucks to buy things and it passes Time, something they want to do as quickly as possible. Take away all ability to do those things and then you Will see riots.
In the prisons that require work they reluctantly accept it as there is usually punishment if they do not.
sure there is. prison is supposed to be hell.
No it is not.
Prison is the place where the sentence of seperation from society by incarceration is carried out.
It is meant to be housing to carry out the purpose of your sentence, not to be hell.
I don't think they don't want to work. It passes the time.
The ratio of those who genuinely want to work vs those who do not want to work for the State/Man is generally low.
They are getting housing, food, medical, education, and entertainment. That stuff does not come free. If they are able bodied, they should help pay for it.
I disagree. I see no problem making the inmates pay for their own leisure time activities (sports equipment, games, television etc...) but as the State is the one who decided they needed to be imprisoned it is the State who should pay for it.