Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Prison Nation

So, we find that "democracy", as viewed through the narrow minds of our keepers, is the reason for high incarceration rates. Why does that make my stomach turn?

U.S. prison population dwarfs that of other nations
Several specialists here and abroad pointed to a surprising explanation for the high incarceration rate in the United States: democracy. Most state court judges and prosecutors in the United States are elected and are therefore sensitive to a public that is, according to opinion polls, generally in favor of tough crime policies. In the rest of the world, criminal justice professionals tend to be civil servants who are insulated from popular demands for tough sentencing.
Meanwhile, FBI agents have been busy teaching "terrorists" how to build bombs (to hit the WTC), organizing youths into swearing allegiance to Al-CIA-duh (Liberty City Seven), and incarcerating hundreds of children for allegedly having CHRISTIAN religious fanatics for parents.

And I can speak to Missouri policy on convicts: if you have HIV, you will do the maximum amount of time (no good time). Yeah, the show me State.