 |
| http://www.businessinsider.com/jenn-ackerman-pictures-of-the-mentally-ill-in-prison-2013-10?op=1 |
Top o' tha day tooya lads 'n lassies. Here we are again, in Part V of our new series. Now, just to keep you going and interested (I'd like to think I can do that anyway, without any outside help!), I'd like to say that I have plans for the inclusion of other people's writings, facts, and opinions on this subject as well. I mean my stuff does tend to get kind of one-sided at times, and that does put a reader or two (or 100...who knows for sure?) off, on occasion. I am an open-minded, fair and kind of intelligent guy who doesn't mind butting heads with someone. Like I've said many a day, I enjoy a heated debate, whether in words OR in person. And if it makes for interesting or intellectual reading, then bring it on!!...I say. I really do miss "Point/Counterpoint" and shows like that...
Yeah, sorry....shiny objects again, you know....
So I believe we were on check mark #8 (the links to the document we're referring to are in Parts I and IV, thus far...try and keep up, willya?)? Annnnnnd, the lucky check mark of the day IS:
Check Mark #8: Use of Torture on Prisoners.
OK, this one's gonna be a little tricky. I might have to dance on a few eggshells, as well as tread lightly in your freshly planted gardens.
Y'all remember Abu Ghraib, right? Yes, we Americans were exposed as torturing, humiliating, raping and yes, even killing the Arab people over in Iraq...and these weren't even terrorists. They were merely citizens. This was one of Saddam's notorious torture chambers, and we used them like they were our own, after his down-fall, and we were over here, stateside, talking like we were their liberators and saviors. They were freed, and would never have to suffer at the hands of someone like Saddam again. Uh huh. So instead, we chose to fill Saddam's empty space with our own personal version of good ol' American torture.
Yeah, but I'm not really talking about this kind of prison torture. No, I'm afraid I'm referring to torture right here in our beloved 50 states, just on the other side of that thar brick wall over yonder.
BBC Channel 4 did a 50 minute expose on Texas and Florida prisons just a year after Abu Ghraib, where prisoners were tortured using dogs, chemical sprays and cattle prods. The expose was called "Torture Inc., Americas Brutal Prisons." and can be seen here:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8451.htm
No longer institutes meant for rehabilitation, now inmates are pretty much abandoned or forgotten, and treated no better than animals, regardless of their crimes. And this was in the days our Government still regulated them exclusively. I can imagine that prisons these days are even worse, as businesses, independent of Government regulation.
The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) put out a bid in 2012 to buy up all state run prisons in the country. Do NOT let this happen America, (thank GOD no one accepted their offer!!)...this company, as well as others like it, want a guarantee of anywhere from 80 to 100 percent occupancy. In these contracts, the state is made to pay if crime is low and beds are empty. That means sheriffs and local police will be forced to arrest people just to keep these prisons full and making money. If they aren't, payers of state taxes will be hit with the bill instead. Crime rates have dropped dramatically around these prisons, and yet the rates for people jailed around them tend to go up. I'd have to say that if all prisons are privatized, all prisoner rights will go out the window right along with the conversion. I would even have to say that current torture of prisoners by the state will be a distant nightmare compared to what they'll be getting away with in private prisons. It's bad enough that we torture, starve and kill off our animals, but to do the same to prisoners is murder.
And guess who holds the pistol? You got it. By turning our backs on our prisoners, we become no better than inmates ourselves. We Sheeple continue to let it all happen. We look the other way and write it up to "They shoulda thought about it before they committed the crime, right? Who cares?"
Hey!! Back over here America...lemme rub your face directly into this: The CCA makes 1.4 Billion dollars off of sick inmates. They cut expenses at the safety of their staff. They hand them radios with dead batteries and empty gas cans and tell 'em to do their best...fake it if things get dicey. They even cut staff so badly once, there was one guard to watch over 300 inmates..by himself!! They sell themselves, conning the locals into thinking it'll be a blessing in jobs, if naught else...then don't even lift a finger to back them up when they're assaulted by inmates. The inmates, often, only attack guards in response to horrid treatment and shortage of food and other basic needs. A 24 yr. old guard was attacked and killed once, and his supervisor knew full well he was on the prisoner hit list that day.
Remember our shock of Abu Ghraib...now imagine it happening here...in every single way, similarly. No shock there, huh? What's up with that? As the Government turns more and more things it used to regulate over to privateer for-profit owned business, it's essentially saying "Here...go ahead. I couldn't do a damn thing with 'em. Good luck with that." Besides, we're on 'em like stink when they torture prisoners, and they know it. Why do you think they want nothing more to do with them? "Here, give it over to this company, pretty soon they'll be BEGGING us to take them back again."
Personally, I don't think Government should have EVER had anything to do with prisons. Under their rule,
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you very much for your comments! Thank you again!! I value your opinions!