Chris Geiger
03-18-2007, 09:51 PM
Why do we give free room and board to prisoners? Why do we simply store people in cells until their term is up? How does storing people in jail cells help them return to normal life after their term is up?
I propose that prisons be converted in to work camps. Every able bodied prisoner under the age of 65 should work a full 8 hours a day, 5 days a week while they are in jail. There are all sorts of things that prisoners could do that would be productive.
If someone is sentenced for say 10 years in jail. I believe that a person would be better able to integrate back in to society if they were accustom to working a full work week while they are serving their time. If someone spends 10 years sitting in a cell, how are they able to go back to a normal life? The answer is they can’t and don’t. They leave jail and go right back in most of the time.
One thing that prisoners could do is pick food and run farms. If a small prison was placed inside of a large fenced farm, then the farm could be worked by the prisoners without transportation issues. Rotate different crops in different fields around the compound.
Those workers who refused to work, simply would not get to eat. At some point hunger will motivate most of them to work. Those that refuse to work, die. No doubt they won’t work as fast as normal help be you don’t pay them much, just food. Prison officials and guards would receive a small bonus based on the comparative efficiency of their prison compared to other prisons. This will help them keep the “farmers” productive.
Further, those prisoners that were the most productive would receive extras such as a cell with a private shower and their own TV in their room. Prisoners that don’t produce as much, don’t receive anything special. Just like in the real world, hard work should be rewarded.
As for putting up a wall to keep out the immigrants, I say forget it. We only need to do two things to prevent illegal from coming into the country.
Step one. We must stop granting automatic citizenship to every baby that is born in the USA. If the parents are here illegally then the baby should not be granted citizenship.
Step two. Don’t deport the illegal, arrest them and put them in the prison system for say, 5 years. Let them pick our food for free. After they have served 5 years in jail, then let them decide if they want try that again or go back to where every them came from.
I propose that prisons be converted in to work camps. Every able bodied prisoner under the age of 65 should work a full 8 hours a day, 5 days a week while they are in jail. There are all sorts of things that prisoners could do that would be productive.
If someone is sentenced for say 10 years in jail. I believe that a person would be better able to integrate back in to society if they were accustom to working a full work week while they are serving their time. If someone spends 10 years sitting in a cell, how are they able to go back to a normal life? The answer is they can’t and don’t. They leave jail and go right back in most of the time.
One thing that prisoners could do is pick food and run farms. If a small prison was placed inside of a large fenced farm, then the farm could be worked by the prisoners without transportation issues. Rotate different crops in different fields around the compound.
Those workers who refused to work, simply would not get to eat. At some point hunger will motivate most of them to work. Those that refuse to work, die. No doubt they won’t work as fast as normal help be you don’t pay them much, just food. Prison officials and guards would receive a small bonus based on the comparative efficiency of their prison compared to other prisons. This will help them keep the “farmers” productive.
Further, those prisoners that were the most productive would receive extras such as a cell with a private shower and their own TV in their room. Prisoners that don’t produce as much, don’t receive anything special. Just like in the real world, hard work should be rewarded.
As for putting up a wall to keep out the immigrants, I say forget it. We only need to do two things to prevent illegal from coming into the country.
Step one. We must stop granting automatic citizenship to every baby that is born in the USA. If the parents are here illegally then the baby should not be granted citizenship.
Step two. Don’t deport the illegal, arrest them and put them in the prison system for say, 5 years. Let them pick our food for free. After they have served 5 years in jail, then let them decide if they want try that again or go back to where every them came from.