is anyone here in prison?

[Iliad]

People, you have to realise that Jamie doesn't understand these things. Remember that he's only a sad pizza boy.

a sad pizza boy with a quest! A quest to destroy all drugs on the planet and bring down every single drug dealer! Drug dealers! Do not buy pizzas for then he will be at your doorstep Sorry I can't go on

[kalishnikov]

In answer to the honourable OP, I'm not in prison, but have often wondered if I should actually do some time as a sort of 'rite of passage' 'growing up' kind of experience. Has anybody else ever had that thought?

Yes completely. It's a modern day rite of passage to spend some time behind bars, it truly makes you realize how much you take for granted every single day and how badly you can miss people that you always talk to and never have considered being away from. You cannot grow up properly without truly realizing what life is about and a big portion of life is loosing what you're accustomed to having. I almost feel that every person should do alittle time, an entirely new perspective is gained and pleasure from small things is renewed. Do 6 months and tell me how great it is to be able to turn the lights off before going to bed or having a choice of what to eat and what to wear, or being able to step outside on a nice day. All the small things, as they say, are so easily forgot about until you lose them suddenly.

Jail can be the best thing that's ever happened to you, it just depends what you make of it and the choices it leads to in the future.

[kalishnikov]

Surfing the net for recreation would be a waste of taxpayers money.

Most states have a minimum ratio of guards to prisoners that must be maintained. If they have too few guards, they have to compensate, which usually means sending prisoners to private or out-of-states jails and prisons, which costs the taxpayers of a particular county or state more money than simply hiring a new guard would. But, it's VERY VERY difficult to find new guards. The turnover rate for guards is very high and it's usually very difficult and costly to find and train new hires. Why is the turnover so high? Because it's very dangerous to work in a jail or prison. Assaults on guards by prisoners are very common, and of course, no one wants to work in a environment where they are always in peril of having the shit beat out of them. When overwhelmed with nothing to do, inmates, approximately 60% of whom are mentally ill, tend to be destructive towards themselves, the people around them, and government property. So what do detention centers do to prevent attacks on guards, suicides, and destruction of property? They try to keep prisoners amused and occupied, with things like chess, checkers, tv, gainful employment, and, where available, the internet.

Hope this helps.

I'd be curious to see some sources for these statistics/facts you've presented here.

Until then I say bullshit propaganda to you, sir.

[btownmeggy]

Surfing the net for recreation would be a waste of taxpayers money.

Most states have a minimum ratio of guards to prisoners that must be maintained. If they have too few guards, they have to compensate, which usually means sending prisoners to private or out-of-states jails and prisons, which costs the taxpayers of a particular county or state more money than simply hiring a new guard would. But, it's VERY VERY difficult to find new guards. The turnover rate for guards is very high and it's usually very difficult and costly to find and train new hires. Why is the turnover so high? Because it's very dangerous to work in a jail or prison. Assaults on guards by prisoners are very common, and of course, no one wants to work in a environment where they are always in peril of having the shit beat out of them. When overwhelmed with nothing to do, inmates, approximately 60% of whom are mentally ill, tend to be destructive towards themselves, the people around them, and government property. So what do detention centers do to prevent attacks on guards, suicides, and destruction of property? They try to keep prisoners amused and occupied, with things like chess, checkers, tv, gainful employment, and, where available, the internet.

Hope this helps.

I'd be curious to see some sources for these statistics/facts you've presented here.

Until then I say bullshit propaganda to you, sir.

Upon further inspection, my 60% assertion was too high. 40% seems to be more accurate. I will excuse myself by saying that I was drunk when I wrote this post.

I assume this was your primary point of contention.

A researcher from the Justice Center at the Council on State Governments has made a nice powerpoint presentation that addresses some of these issues apparently so offensive to you: http://justicecenter.csg.org/files/JailOvercrowdingConference2708.ppt

In conclusion, I'd like to say, I'm a lady. Not a sir.

Oh, one other thing, what sort of propaganda do you think I would be disseminating? Do you think I work for an ISP trying to get county jails to buy more bandwidth or something?

[brooksieb]

well ive been in a police cell for a night but thats the furthest ive ever got (that was when i was young anyway) though i was more worried about my dad doing sumthing to me than i was about the police

[oggiss]

Is this a joke? :/

[Guiscard]

In answer to the honourable OP, I'm not in prison, but have often wondered if I should actually do some time as a sort of 'rite of passage' 'growing up' kind of experience. Has anybody else ever had that thought?

Yes completely. It's a modern day rite of passage to spend some time behind bars, it truly makes you realize how much you take for granted every single day and how badly you can miss people that you always talk to and never have considered being away from.

So good you did it twice, eh?

[Dariune]

I spent a couple of nights in a cell once. I had a great time, there was a female officer and she made sure i was comfortable. I think she thought i was funny

[brooksieb]

I spent a couple of nights in a cell once. I had a great time, there was a female officer and she made sure i was comfortable. I think she thought i was funny

if she was hot your fantasies are complete...just tell me the name of the prison if the girl was hot that is