Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on April 27, 2008, at 10:43:30
In reply to Re: My brother's on crack again, posted by TexasChic on April 26, 2008, at 22:18:32
> > i wouldn't want anything above pot legalized. i think that opens too many pathways for addiction.
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> Those pathways are already wide open. I just don't believe making something 'illegal' is the answer to everything.
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> > talking to the offenders at GEO, most of the young ones are in on drug charges. some for the fourth or fifth time. it costs GEO $40,000 a year to house a prisoner. in the end, we pay for it. Texas Department of Corrections is a state/federal agency and tax money supports all of it.
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> I don't know what GEO is, but if 40,000 a yr is spent on prisoners, why not spend that instead on rehab?
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> > as far as i know, there is one volunteer out there who "teaches" anger management. and the offenders told me that he needs help himself. that he is of no use to them. they have to spend one hour listening to his rants. so....they are screwed in so many ways. and we pay and pay.
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> That is unfortunate, but what if many more people were considered for this position? Maybe we would get somebody who would actually be helpful?
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> > alot of them go in fairly naive and come out meaner than a junkyard dog. it is a jungle in there and so hard for anyone to keep to himself.
> long sigh.....we're screwed.
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> Like I said we need to rehabilitate rather than imprison. We may be screwed at the moment, but that doesn't mean we can't work to change things. I believe this can be done.
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> -T
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> P.S I hope I don't sound obstinant or anything, I may be a bit enthused about things at the moment. Don't mind me.TC, I think you are very much on the right track. What you are talking about is basic criminology theory in university. It seems some people want to make everything illegal, or anything that doesn't affect their nice little white picket fenced house and 2.4 kids. Meanwhile, little Johnny is playing "Kill 'Em All" on his video game machine, learning how easy it is to blow somebody's head off and not think twice about it. In fact, he gets triple score for doing it!
Cocaine users get slaps on the wrist, but crack users get long hauls in jails, which is just another example of class warfare, the rich trying to exterminate the poor...the 'undesirables'...heck even 'middle class' are targets now. The rich want it ALL..and they ain't letting anybody else get a piece of the pie. So, lock 'em up, or execute them, or better yet, send them to the military, where they can go and die for Bush's Oil money. Make them all take second and third jobs at Wal-Mart, where they can buy their new 'piece' and ammunition too! Hey, buy some guns for all the family members! And if that next-door punk Joey walks on MY lawn when I tell him not to, well I'll shoot him in the *ss and he won't be doin' that! (650,000 WILL go down on the STREETS of AMERICA with a bullet in the next 20 YEARS...bitter tears!!!..ya..)
I'm sorry TC....I will pray for your brother, but the system is so f*ck*d. It makes me angry....it makes me sick to my stomach. All of this "watch out for your own back" crap....not caring about anybody else.
Best,
Jay
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