Anybody remember “Three Strikes and You’re
Out”? Pick up a third felony conviction and your spend the rest of your life in
prison.
People with vastly greater knowledge than
I will ever have argue crime and incarceration back and forth. Social Justice
Warriors have their own agenda.
What I do know is someone behind bars is
someone not out in the community hurting people. That brings me to this.
Sorry I can’t find this any place but
Facebook.
A burned out correctional officer once
worked for me. He once said, “You walk down the tier and look into the eyes of prisoners
who have no souls”.
My question? Is there an answer?
A relative once worked years as a
probation officer. I once asked him, “Do you have any success stories?”
His reply, “One”.
10 comments:
Recidivism is extremely high... I know from my time working in the Sheriff's Office there were a lot that didn't spent more than a month on the streets before they were back for either a similar or more serious crime. And many were 'career' e.g. 20-30-40 year criminals, with progressively more serious crimes.
I don't know at what point they can't go straight. I've seen people I knew who 'went bad', and don't recall any of them ever going straight again.
And I only know one success story personally. A young guy who worked for me had a felony record, and is one of the finest people I've ever known. He turned to God in prison, and truly made the conversion. I was skeptical at first, but he walked the walk without running his mouth off about it.
Old NFO
I still try to see the person but never let m guard down.
drjim
A friend's son did time. Out now four years and seems to be walking the straight and narrow. I've never liked the little shit but hope, for the sake of his parents and siblings, he keeps out of trouble.
I knew an old Los Angeles police sergeant, who once told me about 40 years ago: "son, 10% of the people are saints, 80% of the people are imperfect but do the right thing most of the time, and then there's the 10% who butter my bread - 10% of the population is bad to the bone, and will be forever. It's these guys (and yes, they are mostly guys) who provide me with a paycheck every month. I suppose in a sad way that I should be grateful to them."
Wise words.
Not all, but there are a few who, if paroled early and commit a crime, should never go to court. They should go to the morgue. Do not pass go and do not collect $200. Just DRT.
The Three Strikes Law was a guideline, because the court and the prosecution could 'strike strikes' if they seemed to be trivial. I saw it happen in Orange County CA often while I worked there. Then again, there were career criminals who went away for life and the crime rate dropped significantly for many years.
Three Strikes was/is fair. I realize that there were a lot of negroes who went in for life and that angers the progs, but they didn't have to choose to commit serious crimes, either. (taking/using narcotics wasn't a strike, but selling them was).
Coffeypot
Can't disagree
LL
When a significant identifiable population has a much higher crime rate than others, pointing that out isn't racist, IMO.
Recidivism is low in Cali because most don't go down for any offense...
Gutless prosecutors.
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