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HanzHenry
reply to post by Restricted
you do agree that poverty increases crime. and you comment on the nice street, nice suit area proves it.
Imagine if the poverty was eliminated and only the true whackos go to prison like proposed?
Many guards are bigger bags than half the inmates..
There is no such thing as Utopia. Dreaming about it won't make it a reality.
GrantedBail
reply to post by MystikMushroom
Someone doing 5 years on a pot charge got the death penalty.
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MystikMushroom
The things that go unreported in prisons would make most people sick to their stomachs. The abuse by prison guards runs rampant. If you give someone authority and teach them to not see prisoners as people, but as sub-human ... you get the type of behavior the OP speaks of.
But how do you explain that most whom go into prison come out worse????
It is because serving time in prison is a life changing event. You need to become a different person to survive. It has nothing to do with the corrections officers guarding them.
bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by HanzHenry
I am going to say among military, you will find people to be somewhat similar to the regular population in the general behavior, from an ethical standpoint anyway. Among LEO, they may be somewhat worse only due to the attractive nature of that job to people who may have intentions to abuse it.
HOWEVER, this is in the base nature. If you look at how it actualizes....there was an interesting study done....read up on it. It seems people who are given an advantage begin to feel privileged because of it. As if their success derives more from their innate greatness than from the advantage they are given. Even when a game of Monopoly is where the advantage is at
Article Relating To Study by Paul Piff
MystikMushroom
The things that go unreported in prisons would make most people sick to their stomachs. The abuse by prison guards runs rampant. If you give someone authority and teach them to not see prisoners as people, but as sub-human ... you get the type of behavior the OP speaks of.
nightstalker78
MystikMushroom
The things that go unreported in prisons would make most people sick to their stomachs. The abuse by prison guards runs rampant. If you give someone authority and teach them to not see prisoners as people, but as sub-human ... you get the type of behavior the OP speaks of.
You know this how? Someone has been watching too much tv. .... Have you been to prison? I'm going to guess no,you haven't.
Sorry,Mr Bleeding Heart...but they're prisoners. They are there for a reason.
The article linked by the OP is funny. I love how all you ATSers see the prisoners as the do gooders while looking at the officers as the ones who are doing wrong. You all need to get a #ing grip on reality,seriously.edit on 4-10-2013 by nightstalker78 because: (no reason given)