[CyberAnt]

I'm not for cruelty, but this situation is creating MORE problems. Housing killers is not an easy job - and I find it strange that these people would want to make their own jobs harder. The reason I say that is because evidently the actions of these prisoners are causing constant cleanup and constant care.

I'm curious ... but wouldn't it be easier to provide a cooler, cleaner and calmer living space. I'm not for a lot of fluff, but just the basics would make life easier for the GUARDS - not just the prisoners. I sure wouldn't want to have to guard people who are screaming and throwing feces all over the place. Just a thought!

[The_Pickle]

Its thinking like this that has led to the kind of club med mentallity in our prisons today.

Prison is a bad place. It needs to be a bad place. I am paid very well to work in these conditions and understand that it it part of my job.

Nothing bothers me more than people that have never walked a day in my shoes and never walked a tier in their life pontificating on how tough inmates have it.

The problems that these inmates are facing are for the most part directly related to their own behavior and are delt with in a manner consistent with behavior problems.

When the correctional staff begin to complain of the working conditions I will be a wee bit more attentive but when yet another article comes along where inmates are whining about actually having to "pay" for their crimes I tend to get a little hard of hearing.

I hope that I didn't come off to ranty but i have been listening to this type of drivel for 15 years and frankly when I leave work hearing a bunch of convicted felons complaining about their lot in life I can't help but think...

"I quess I earned my pay today" :)