[samm1148]

I don't even know where to begin here. First of all forget the word "punishment". We don't do that anymore. Commit a crime and yeah; prison isn't pleasant but it's not so bad. Death row? One is more likely to die of old age rather than ole sparky.

The blame for crime is placed on guns, race, poverty, you name it; anything but a savage willfully committing an illegal act. A plethora of blame organizations exist. Not one of them; the NAACP, the gun-grabbers, The Southern Poverty Law Center, has done one thing to stop criminals.

Tired of crime: Amend the Constitution to remove the 'cruel and unusual' verbiage. Stop the endless appeals based on nebulous rules. Turn prisons into places of punishment again. Reform has failed; the last forty years are proof of that.

[AngrySpud]

I don't know where to begin either, so let me just finish with this ... you seem to think that the prisons are full of folks that just got a lousy deal. Lemme tell you, prisons are full of repeat offenders, slow learners who won't change their behaviors regardless of whatever remedial programs are provided to them when incarcerated.

The "non-violent" prisoners are repeat offenders as well, even if serving their first and only sentence. Nobody gets caught, convicted and imprisoned on their first offense. Nope. Crime does indeed pay, for months and sometimes years before the law catches up to them.

Talk to me about providing more prison ministries like Colson's, and I'm behind you all the way. Recidivism for them is actually and certifiably very low.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hit it now!