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Quote by: FIFI FULL privleges, meaning group activities, computer / internet, t.v. (etc) heck, that man has it better then I do at times, and he doesnt even have to pay rent!
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First of all, I am about fed up with this line of reasoning. FYI Fifi:
-Prisons do not have internet access
-tv is severly limited in the vast majority of cases
-The group that supports priveledges the most? PRISON GUARDS. Because there are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and if they aren't doing something constructive or even just busywork, they'll be assaulting each other, doing drugs, or killing guards. What does someone on death row/life imprisonment have to lose by assaulting another prisoner or a guard? If there is nothing to lose and no reward to gain, what is to stop them from misbehaving?
Here, I will save you the trouble of replying...
"They should just be sitting there thinking about their crime for xxxxxx years"
But don't forget, over 99% of criminals do not die in prison. What kind of people do we want when they get out? It's hard liners like you, uneducated in corrections theory, that keep the recidivism high because every time a program is started that gives these people a chance to turn their life around someone screams, "no, don't give them anything, we want Jean Valjean to come out more bitter and angry than when he went in" and a pandering politician kills it.
Furthermore, if you have never been inside a prison for an extended period of time, you have no business describing the environment in any way.
Considering you have free time and the freedom and ability (and technology: personal computer, internet, comfy chair, et cetera) to post on this message board, there is no prisoner in the world that has it "better then you." You are taking your argument to the ad absurdium level.