USA #1 in Prisoners

Re: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners

Nancy,

One of my favorite entrpreneurs is "Gen'l" William Booth who believed social
charity in Victorian England was lacking. This was quite a statement given how
superior Victorians thought of themselves when it came to charity. He acted on
his beliefs, and started the Salvation Army.

If I read you right, you are saying education is USA is lacking. Well.. what
are you going to do about it?

John

Isn't there a more important message underneath all this rubble? Why is
pornagraphy such a huge and growing business? American's idol is
American Idol.
Why did the majority of the country support Bush at the beginning of this
unjust murderous financially sucking war? Now after this war has done its
unfathomable
damage, it is sad that the majority are now opposed to it. Too little,
too late. What is needed in this country is more centers
which teach people how to think. Maybe someone can come up with an idea
that will make people so motivated to read, contemplate, examine issues with
the same
momentum that they have in running home and sitting in front of the
television fillng themselves with garbage. Doomsayer, I don't think so.
This is reality.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamons, Melanie"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:57 AM
Subject: RE: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners


Our prisons are country clubs compared to other prisons around the world. I
think if we had a prison exchange program, alot of bitching by prisoners
would be quited to a great degree.

It doesn't break my heart to see people live a better life in jail then
those people they calously hurt when they were free. I think prisons should
go private. See how many fewer repeat offenders their are when prison
actually SUCKS!

-----Original Message-----
From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:38 AM
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners



Prisons are big industry - towns beg to have a prison built near them
because of the jobs and money they bring in. they are also sources of very
cheap labor, and to punish a prisoner he/she can even have what wages they
did manage to earn fined away I have heard. Not only does big business avail
themselves of this windfall but plain citizens can hire cheap day labor from
the prisons. Breaks my heart what we are doing to our people, to our
country.
chris

--- On Mon 05/22, John Spiers < john@johnspiers.com > wrote:
From: John Spiers [mailto: john@johnspiers.com]
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Date: 22 May 2006 15:03:43 -0000
Subject: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners




Folks,

USA is # 1 in everything, and USA is # 1 in the world for incarcerating its
citizens, with blacks
jailed at a rate 700% higher than whites, and minorities make up 60% of our
prison
population. Nearly one in twenty black men are behind bars, (not to mention
blacks on
parole, awaiting trial, or burdened by conviction after time served),
according to US Justice
Department figures.

http://tinyurl.com/nnn5s

I am assured blacks have a higher rate of conviction because they commit
more crimes. I
think the explanation is simpler. But what bothers me is what with blacks
proving such
excellent competitors in sports and entertainment, I regret so few are
competing in business.
Of course, being a convict is a serious disadvantage to competing in
business. And thus
convicted, we are denied the good of blacks' competitive efforts in
business.

Drugs are the #1 violation leading to prison in USA, and I've already
pointed out my view that
this is merely war on pain relief.

A free market in medicine is the solution to "drug abuse" but that is
unlikely. But the more
people self-employed, the more likely a free market will occur. Of course,
government would
find another war to fight, as once in England the govt made war on glass
windows. I am not
making this up.

John






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