(December 4, 2010 at 6:20 pm)lilyannerose Wrote: Probably at least 95% of people in jail are there for wrong doing. IOW, they are locked up for being bad bad kids, yet as a society we feel that it is the right thing to do to shelter, feed and provide medical care for prisoners. As to the unemployed in this country, who lost jobs do an economy out of their control and remaining out of control, some are starting to state that unemployment benefits are lasting too long. Which demonstrates the reality that no one questions the care provided prisoners but will question the benefits that the unemployed receive.My point is, the "care" provided to prisoners isn't free to them; they have to work for it. Prison is a punishment; you are locked up and made to work. The reason why we have to provide shelter and food is because we have to contain the prisoners for the public good, and that means actually looking after them as well, since we don't believe in the death penalty, let alone the death penalty for any crime committed.
Quote:Further, why would anyone want to go to prison, that's just whack and illogical thinking.Hey, you said it: "why are we treating our criminals better than law abiding citizens?"
If this were the case, why aren't people lining up to get into prison? What is illogical is your blanket statement that criminals are better treated than law abiding citizens, which is clearly not the case.
