Prison

Its true that prison should be self supported and the ex-chequers fund should not be mis-utilized on those who are not allowed scot free in the society. Government may workout some sort of formulae to atleast lessen the dependency of prisons on the public funds.

I think they should be. But here in NY, USA prisoners have more rights than the rest of us. It's a sad state of affairs, imo.

until the goverments move away from the punishing side to the reabilatation side most jails will be full.the way it is now it causes resentment and most come out angry looking for a way to pay society back .i dont like crime either but im sick of seeing the same faces every time i walk past the courts.ive talked to people in there who say im not looking forward to getting out all my friends are in here .so instead of makeing the situation worse by making it harder on them take a good look at what is happening.i have a young family member im trying to help stay out of there the attitude he has is so wrong but i can see were he gets it from

I do think they should be given a second chance , some is not as bad as you think yea

I hate paying for them. But what else can we do? They do have some jobs in jail, but I'm sure it's not enough to support all the prisoners in the world. I'd rather pay for them to rot in prison, than let rapists/murderers/etc run our streets.

I just said this in another post concerning inmates and free college education. I had never really thought about it until I read her post. But that really kind of burns my butt a bit, yes, why do I have to pay for their housing and meals? and their free education? Im in debt beyond my means from student loans and trying to better myself, they get it for free, on my taxes. I was thinking the same thing, why dont they make them work for the things they want in life just like everyone else? But what could they do? Who would pay them? Would our taxes go to that as well? Then they would probably raise them.

Hi Cloudwatcher I totally agree with you as the Prisons are a Holiday camp for them now I have Friends that work in a Prison and I have been there on an open Day as they have that every year and it is like a Holiday Camp it really is they live better then we do and it is free to them

to be honest ,i fully disagree to give my tax to keep criminals in prison. all the prisoners should work to earn their bread there while receiving the punishments.

taxes r not just to keep the assassins. there r other development issues that r sorted out

They should be in a hard labour, its the most logical way to pay for their stay.

I agree with you. It would be good if all prisons could be self supporting. A lot of tax payers are fed up with supporting the criminals. A lot of criminals study whilst in jail, but I am not sure if they work. One suggestion I have is for them to grow & farm there own food. That would save quite a bit of our hard earned money. You are onto a good topic. Have a good day!

Actually having a 'job' while in prison is a self esteem builder. Those who work while incarcerated have an easier time adjusting when they are released. I think it was a couple years ago I found a study that was done on 100 people who had been incarcerated for a period of 5-10 years. Those who worked did better upon release than those who did not. Those who worked learned skills they could use once they returned to the 'real world'. One prison (it was a low security institution) had almost 90% of it's inmates attending jobs. They placed 30% of the earnings into an interior account for the prisoners, with these funds the men were able to purchase items and gifts from the canteen, 5% was placed into savings accounts which paid interest, just like any other such account, and the balance after taxes of course was sent to thefamilies thus reducing the load on the social service system. This prison also offered 'touch visits' and conjugal as well. One inmate said his wife was much more content with his incarceration since he obtained his position, as was he. Since it made them both feel as though he was contributing more to his family than he had previously. So sure, let's let 'em work. Makes them happy, cuts the tax burden, and it increases the national product. I apologize for not being able to locate the link for this study at this time.

I think that they have it too easy. It's like it's better to stay in prison than to be staying in your own home and you get employed in the prison. Isn't the life better than those law-abiding citizens? If this carries on, everybody might flock to the prison and rejoice if they get into prison. Seriously.

Maybe you could get them to work with incentives. If you work and don't cause problems, you get better food, tv, books or whatever. If not, you still get fed, just not as much or as good as the workers. If they all put in a day's work, maybe they'd be too tired to riot or kill each other. It's not fair that I work my tush off and can't make ends meet and they are waited on and don't have a care in the world other than who to beat up or where they buried the loot.

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I think the prisoners would welcome jobs, it sure would make the time go by faster. I can't imagine being locked up with nothing to do. I don't know if they could make all prisons self supporting, but I do agree something does need to be done to at least address the issue and work towards finding a solution. I wish there was an easy answer. The inmates do need to work to help pay for their upkeep, tax payers shouldn't have to foot the bill. More needs to be done with rehab so the inmates don't go back when they get out. The inmates need help reentering society when they get out too.

I don't think that prisons should necessarily be completely self-supporting...HOWEVER, prisoners should have to work for what they are given while in prison. Think about it! People who are not in prison have to work for what they have, so why shouldn't prisoners (who are there for a reason, or reasons) have to work, too? Punishment for a crime should at the very least include some form of required work or labor -- but like you're saying, I'm not referring to any extremes. It DOESN'T make sense that you can kill, steal, rape, etc. and have people who HAVEN'T committed such offenses be the ones to pay for your stay in prison.

Yes, I think prisoners should have to work. Prison is a lot easier than it should be. People are sent to prison for punishment, not to be able to sit there and do nothing all day, eat, sleep, exercise time, read books, watch tv, listen to the radio. Make them work, and not something fun and easy either, maybe they will learn some responsibility.

i do agree that its bad that a part of earning is utilised for them but the actual thing is taxes are not utilised just to take care of prisoners.there are many other things to which it is utilised,i mean for the benifit of society as a whole like maintenance of roads,hospitals etc etc.prisoners are also a part of society.they must have done bad things but we have no right to deprive any human being from the basic necessity.i mean food,cloth etc.and obviously our govt. cant ask money from other countries for our prisoners.i just want to say that prisons are only a part of society for which taxes are utilised not the sole purpose and moreover its not prisoners dont have to anything,they are made to do some of the most labourious work like breaking rocks of mountains etc.and i want to add something more to ur knowledge,since im a student of tax laws.there are many categories of prisons like A,B,C,d ETC.not everyone get the benifits of tv and other luxiries.it depends on kind of crime they had done.if its some minister and not a major crime then he belongs to A category and consideration for tax payer is also considered.if the criminal was a regular tax payer and have proof he also belongs to a better category.i hope now u will understand why taxes are necessary

I definitely agree that taxes should not have to pay for the keep of prisoners. First of all, I believe that white collar crimes should not be punished with prison sentences..rather they should be fined heavily. This fine can then be used in some way for the betterment of the community. Prison criminals should be made to do usual day to day chores/work to pay for thier expenses.