tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post113706996028685137..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Why prison for many non-violent crimes makes Texas less safeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44201791802620714892008-04-21T21:33:00.000-05:002008-04-21T21:33:00.000-05:00To execute someone ends up costing more tax payer ...To execute someone ends up costing more tax payer dollars than to leave them in prisons... Because of all the appeals and court processes, as sad as that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19648103840453341702008-02-20T20:49:00.000-06:002008-02-20T20:49:00.000-06:00what we need to do is actually carry out the death...what we need to do is actually carry out the death sentence more often and lower the criteria for the decision on the death sentence. The prison system would work if the conditions weren't so accommodating. Why are we treating detriments to society to free meals and housing. We as a country need to be more strict in our prisons so wrongdoers and trouble makers would be swayed from committing crimes based solely on the fear of prison. In addition the only reason that people who are convicted rapists are allowed to walk the streets is because society is to scared to actually punish these individuals. Would you want somebody to come and rape/kill your young son/daughter because the government granted him life in prison. I implore everyone who reads this, what is the key word in that sentence...LIFE, they are kept healthy and educated, living almost full lives, at the price of innocent lives, and hard earned tax dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1139257982546599912006-02-06T14:33:00.000-06:002006-02-06T14:33:00.000-06:00My son died this past week, after decades long usa...My son died this past week, after decades long usage of drugs. He was in prison three times. The cost, if the estimators are right, was $26,000 per year. He was not a violent person, just an addicted person.<BR/><BR/>There are cures now available for virtually most drug addicts. The cost for a detox problem is $5,000 to $6,000, one time. Cure rate could easily be 70% to 80%. Those people that really want to see a solution to the drug problem, and thus thek prison problem, should "Google" buprenorphine, naltrexone, etc. and see what is now available. Of course, the conservatives/Republicans don't want to see a sensible/sand/low cost solution to most of the drug problem.<BR/><BR/>lantanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1137503842519065652006-01-17T07:17:00.000-06:002006-01-17T07:17:00.000-06:00Danika's example may have more potential as becomi...Danika's example may have more potential as becoming the next latest prohibition than anyone thinks. <BR/><BR/>Given the rise of - and apparent success of - anti-smoking groups in getting measure after measure passed in local and State legslatures, the potential of tobacco prohibition is beconing more likely. And what's interesting about this is that the possibility of this happening was predicted at least 10 years ago: <A HREF="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm" REL="nofollow">The History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States <BR/>by Charles Whitebread, Professor of Law, USC Law School - A Speech to the California Judges Association 1995 annual conference</A> <BR/><BR/>Scroll down to the very last section <I>Conclusion - The Issue of Prohibiton</I> to read the prediction. And remember that, with drug prohibition, the targets are always, as the author puts it, "Them". "Those" Blacks, "those" Hispanics, "those" Chinese, "those" white-trash. Next, it will be "those" nicotine addicts. <BR/><BR/>Those who have had their recreational drug usage 'protected' by social conventions will find themselves stripped of that 'protection' and increasingly subject to social opprobrium...as are tobacco smokers today. They are finding themselves in the same position many cannabists were in just prior to cannabis being made illegal. The question is will those so targeted realize the ultimate direction of their fate and take action? Or will cannabists soon have company in the prohibition stewpot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1137180720255844142006-01-13T13:32:00.000-06:002006-01-13T13:32:00.000-06:00The problem is (in my opinion) that the world is f...The problem is (in my opinion) that the world is full of hipocrites. They don't think that "it could happen to them or the people they love". They think addiction is for weak or bad people(not so).They don't realize their kids go to school 15 minutes early everyday b/c they're planning on meeting up with their best-friends in the school parking lot to take part in the joint someone always has to smoke (and share with their closest peers) before first period. They don't realize that their kids and their husbands are lying when they promise that they aren't using anymore because they want to believe it. Wake up America. Most people do develope an addiction to something in their lifetime. Yeah, it may just be to food, or work, coffee, or Camel Lights.......Wait, so smoking isn't a big deal and cigarrets aren't drugs &...Yeah! They are. So, I wonder what would happen if suddenly next week Congress passed a law forbidding people to smoke? Don't think smokers all over the U.S. wouldn't be doing desperate and illegal things to get their next smoke? Just one more pack of anything with tobacco in it-no matter what quality. Think about it. If you smoke but never have used drugs (illegal one's that is) you don't think people would be doing the same thing meth addicts, crack addicts, etc., are doing to get their next pack of smokes? Think about it. Danijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00114889247949479170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1137094581517538712006-01-12T13:36:00.000-06:002006-01-12T13:36:00.000-06:00This is a great post. People need to think about t...This is a great post. People need to think about the real world ramifications of putting everyone who looks at your funny in jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com