On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:30:55 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

City folks...

Texas had farms, the inmates used to send letters in from around
the state trying to transfer. They had a Rodeo and raised food
for the prison itself, and taught many a man a trade.

The tough ones were rock pits in the hot west. The farms were in
the grassland / tree covered East Texas.

The libs shut it down as being a work camp. Gave them Color TV's
and iceboxes. Libs liked the motels or something.

Martin

On 9/16/2013 7:03 AM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:21:46 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 04:13:34 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:32:58 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
wrote:


There are approximately 10,000 to 11,000 gun *murders* in the U.S. annually.

Only if you consider cops shooting bad guys..and good citizens
defending themselves is "murder"

You forgot to include the fact that over 80% of those murders are
gangbangers killing each other. I'd call that an entirely Good
Thing(tm) if it weren't for the fact that too many innocents get hit
with the driveby shootings.

When I'm king, gang membership will be a hanging offense. No more
$40k/yr (per offender) warehousing costs before they're returned to
the streets with even more evil skills and deadly attitude, thanks.

I rather like the idea of making a jail a profit center. I think
Mississippi or Louisiana used to have prison farms but why not all
jails?

Unless, I suppose, actual work is now considered cruel and unusual
punishment.

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Cheers,

John B.

Many years ago someone interviewed Lee Kuan Yew, who was Prime
Minister at the time, about the prisoners in Singapore's Changi
Prison. The interviewer mentioned that he had been informed that the
prisoners slept on thin mats on the cell floors and were awoken by a
siren and were made to fold up their bedding and were not allowed to
sit or lie on the floor until lights out that night.

Lee replied that these are criminals who are being punished for their
crimes, "and we want them to understand that".

I found that a refreshing viewpoint.
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Cheers,

John B.