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Originally Posted by spicy Ok, but do you really agree with giving them so many rights? I mean is it really necessary for me to pay my tax dollars for them to watch BET and other cable? JPC do you even have access to cable? Many people simply can't afford it after food and living expenses which the prisoners also receive free. Sure let them watch pbs...maybe Arthur will teach them some life lessons...or magic school bus, but there is nothing on BET they need to be watching. |
I never watched BET until I went to prison and now I still like the rap music. The black folks really know how to take nothing and turn it into something.
I also found that most people in jail were poor and under - privledged and they never saw BET before either (I did not watch it because I was white). Many an inmate grew more intouch with our wider society through BET.
I thought about giving the inmates only PBS or educational programing but that idea is very flawed. To inform and to educate criminals, as most of them will get released, is to create educated criminals.
In the old days (and maybe still do it) when a kid got into big trouble then the kids were sent to private schools, like Catholic schools or military schools in order to discipline the kids, then - as it turned out - we created disciplined and educated adults that got into bigger trouble. So educating people in jail is not necessarily wise.
The correct logic is if we have well behaved smart kids (or adults) then they need to get the extra help and better discipline and private schooling so then the best ones will more likely do the best things.
If you know what I mean.
The jails are meant to be the punishment and not punishing them after getting to the jail.
You are talking about punishing the people after they get to jail instead of jail being the punishment.
