The Racial "Prison" Divide....
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
May 6, 2008 11:34am CST
People say that Black people who are convicted of crimes are given harsher sentences than White convicts. Convicts in Washington DC complain that they are doing time for "federal offenses" simply because they commited their crime in DC. If they had of done the same thing in a state, it would have been a state or local conviction.
Hmmmm...
These aren't people being accused of crimes, these are people convicted.
I have an idea, if you don't want to risk being given harsher sentences because of race, or because you're in DC, do what the rest of use who don't want to be convicted of a crime do...
DON'T COMMIT THE CRIME.
Seems pretty simple to me.
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
6 May 08
The flip side of this is that white prisoners in some jails and prisons find it harder to get released early on probation or parole. Why? Knowing that racial statistics as to the prison population are closely watched, the often criticized prison officials do what they can to boost the number of whites to make the statistics more PC. Since they can't go out and force whites to commit crimes to put more whites in prison, they only option is to hold the ones they have longer!
I'll bet this helps to cause fewer whites to commit crimes! Maybe holding prisoners longer ought to be tried for everyone.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
6 May 08
It's all about manipulation of the numbers.
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
6 May 08
"They cannot hold a prisoner longer than the sentence they have received."
Completely correct. That's why I mentioned the words 'probation' and 'parole' and 'released early'. In fact, there have been numerous complaints of the problem I mentioned. White prisoners have numerous times complained it is harder to qualify for early release due to the desire to make racial statistics look better.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
7 May 08
I've heard this from others who have been in prison. One friend of mine said that he thinks most the work in prisons should be contracted out, instead of done by inmates. Not because he was lazy and didn't want to do anything, but work details have given inmates a chance to abuse others.
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@olivebranch56 (910)
• United States
7 May 08
A high five on that one Ted, and as far as the Washington crowd, they go to hotels, disguised as prison from what I hear, they need to thank their lucky stars they were in Washington.I get so tired of all the oh poor me crap, there is always an alternative to doing wrong, my Dad said if you are hungry and don't have food ask for some, if you want a new dress and don't have the money, save for it. It is getting harder than ever to teach my children good moral values, when the people they are suppose to aspire to become, like our politicians are the ones doing the crimes. It is a shame and a disgrace on our nation.
