Comments on: 5-star prison

By: theunrulyone

theunrulyone — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:05:41 +0000

It is a tricky issue. Prisons are there to punish, and it is frustrating to think that some prisoners get treated better than a lot of people not in prison. Yes we need to make sure the criminals are punished–and punished in a way that really let’s them know they’re punished–but we have to be careful not to mistreat or coddle. Hell, serve them two meals a day, or every other day. That way they would not starve, but they would appreciate the food that much more. Yeah, and take away special diets unless there are allergies involved–after all, it’s not their fault they can’t eat legumes.
I agree also that it would be nice if we spent as much money on the destitute and our war veterans as we do to keep people in prison.

By: Cody

Cody — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:45:37 +0000

I can understand basic amenities with perks for good behavior, but our top priority should be law-abiding citizens. At any rate, people should realize that breaking the law will carry serious consequences.

By: Hanlon

Hanlon — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:06:29 +0000

A favorite quote of mine is “you can tell a lot about a society by how it treats its criminals”. I think compensation is certainly too far, but I still endorse the idea of clean cells and decent diets for most petty criminals.