Do prisoners have it too easy?

wilrycar

ha ha ha ha ha ! "ballooning" means that the populatio in the prisons is expanding in such a manner as when a baloon is blown up. it means rapid growth. LMAO hot air balloon rides?

J H

Very funny - no they are not going ballooning as you know but ballooning in numbers.

No - as someone I nursed once said to me - I don't know what I am meant to be doing, I get shouted at because I am doing the wrong thing, I don't know the rules...

If like to share a cell with someone vomiting and excreting for all they are worth whilst coming off heroin or alcohol. If you like to hear screams in the night. If you like to go to the toilet or wash in front of others.

If you want to share your tea with rats the size of cats.

If you want everything done for you = you have lost your sense of self.

If you want to die a little every day because you see nothing but walls.

Become a prisoner - if you want to bemoan your job just think about the alternative.

EDIT

Why do the people answering from the UK seem to think they are in prison to be punished? They are in prison as punishment not for punishment. The deprivation of liberty is the punishment. The are entitled to their human rights when they are in prison.

Cookie On My Mind

Yes it makes me sick!!!!!

i've never been on a ballon ride, can't afford it. But criminals get to have them? What is this country coming to????

CBT Princess

yes, they do - some of them have it very easy

UppityBroad68

No, inmates do not have it too easy
within the prison walls.
To anyone who says differently, I'd like to know What prison have you been visiting? I'd like to arrange for a cherished friend to be transferred there! The top notch medical/dental care I'm always hearing about would be nice!He had a small cavity in one tooth and the answer was to pull the tooth, he needs to see a doctor to renew a prescription for a chronic condition (no, it's not a drug with any recreational potential, it's Prilosec) but can't see the doc because he is not bleeding, and when he does get that script renewed, he'll be paying for it or rather either his mom or I will be doing so. The situation has gotten so bad with prison health care that a federal judge recently ordered the whole department into recievership.
He shares a 6 x 12 cell with one other man, and counts himself lucky that there are not 3 in that cell due to the amazingly overcrowded state of the facility, he gets to leave that cell about 4 hours a day, including shower, chow, dayroom and yard time... and THAT is when the facility is not on lockdown due to drastic understaffing, courtesy of a hiring freeze imposed by the Governor...on lockdown, it really is in the cell, 24/7, food passed through the door, etc the only thing that keeps going is the mail (and by the way, I send him paper,envelopes and postage, unless it is a letter to one's attorney of record AND there is no money on one's books, the prison does not pay for letters)....the educational programs, IF an inmate qualifies AND if there is a slot available in the class.....and surely you see the need to try to educate these people to improve the chances of their becoming productive citizens upon release?
The showers are hot and reasonably clean, but inmates buy their own soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.
The food is a joke, and is barely legal in quantity and quality... most inmates get VERY creative with the top ramen that is available at the commisary...
What Gym/weight room are you talking about? My friend does an aerobic routine in his cell each morning and spends about half his time in the yard running his usual 3 to 5 miles, but there's no equipment available...I'm not complaining about that, but I'd like to know where you get your information.

As to other recreational activities, if there are video games, it has not been mentioned to me... Television in the day room where what to watch is decided by vote...any TVs or radios in the cells were not provided by the state, either the inmate or someone like me purchased them and like quarterly packages and phone calls (collect and incredibly costly) they are a privilige that is EARNED... Surely you can see the value of rewarding good behavior?

hersheynrey

I rather doubt he meant balloning as in hot air ballon rides. More like balloning as the prison population is growing more quickly over the past 10 years. Everyone commits some type of crime in thier life the only difference is not everyone gets caught. Have you ever gotten more change back when purchasing something or not be charged for an item? If so did you take the item back so you could pay for it? OR did you return the extra change to the cashier? I rather doubt it . Have you ever rolled thru a stop sign? Have you ever Jay walked? Have you ever lied about being sick when you werent because you didnt feel like going to work that day? Have you ever added a few extra dollars to your income tax deductions for charity and really didnt give that much? Have you ever cheated on a test? Have you ever driven over the speed limit? Have you ever thrown a piece of gum on the ground ? All these things sound real piddly I know compared to other crimes but they are still crimes. And no way are they going to let prisoners go balloning because of the escape risk. And i doubt that any prison is going to spend that kind of money on the prisoners. The prison system is a big business. They have the inmates working making things that are sold at regular price but yet the inmates only make 15 cents an hour instead of minimum wage. Then the states charge the federal government 30,000 dlls a year for each inmate and since the inmates do all the work in the prisons and the food is surplus there is no way it can even cost 10,000 a year for any inmate . That means that the state is raking in over 20,000 a year for each inmate that it has in custody. This is why the prison population is balloning because the states make sure that the prisons are always on full to collect that cash. At least that is the way it is in the US. Because of this is why there is parole so they can at any time restock the prisons by sending a parolee back for something lame.

jeff k

It seems you could be right, but wouldn't it be nice if they chucked them out of the balloon when they were up there :)

Peter P

rapists, murderers and paedophiles must be executed not sent on ballooning.
i am sick to death hearing about all the freebee's they get,they should all be executed today.
instead they will be let out early to commit their evil crimes again and again and again.

pache75104

Yes, they get three meals a day, free dental, free medical, still get drugs while in prison, and are then let out way too early and break the law again.

poisoneva

WAY too easy.

dermotsuks

Red letter days for all I say, ain't fair that cons get all the freebies, can't believe some of the apparently genuine answers on here who have taken this seriously

I like your spin on things tho'

yes we trea tthem to easy..for all the crap they do we should torture them...think about what happens in other countries,,,,you get killed, hung, burned, gas poisoned, and tortured. american prisoners just sit. tyhey are lazy and we dont do anything with them we should just kill them all...

grumpy

absolutely. thanks to the aclu (america's criminal loving union) prisioners in the usa have far more "rights" than their victims.
and judges don't help. just this week a judge in texas realeased a woman from custody who killed her two children two years ago. she was found innocent by reason of insanity. now the judge says she is cured and must be released. what will he do if she kills his kids?

MARGARET T

of course they have it to easy they should adopt the chain gang
system like the americans, no work no food. take away all the tv's
pool tables and other soft touches and make it a punishment not an holiday

lilymarie

No prisoners do not have it easy, many things happen that are keep silent.

JANET M

prisoners definatly have it to easy they have done wrong they are not in prison for five star luxury!

Beautiful Disaster

Yes

luckylindy0

They have it way too easy. I don't know what part of NY State that other answer lives in, I also live in NYS, but here they also have access to phones and are calling anyone they want and saying whatever they want, People they don't even know and scarring them. They should NOT have access to any phone when this garbage is going on!

BathroomMaster

Personally I think it's brilliant. I own my own hot air ballooning company and Her Majesty's Prisons have been paying my mortgage for the last ten years. It's fantastic.

Kimber

As far as the UK goes I'm not sure but I know that here in Miami it's not pretty. My boyfriend was put in jail for a day for something he didn't do, got beaten by the cops, thrown in an over crowded room with ****, piss, and rats everywhere. He wasn't fed for 36 hours and watched as people were taken in and out of the cell to get food and water. He thinks it might have had something to do with him being Greek, but we'll never know. The guy who comitted insurance fraud on him walked away with $10,000 in his pocket while my bf barely posted bail.
Prisons can be really horrible.

Sheena

Have you ever considered, that out of all the prisoners. how many of them are actually Innocent... its so easy to frame a person for a crime... I bet they don't think prison life is easy...Its just my opinion, but they are ppl and they have their rights taken away, families taken from them, unable to make any decisions for themselves.. Plus not to mention the dangers of being hurt from other inmates...its not wrong to award inmates for good behavior...
just because a judge said you was guilty doesn't always mean you were ....when I think of your question, I have to keep in mind the innocent that are doomed to years of prison, and the guilty ones will get what they diserve in time ... it is not for us to judge... God will punish the murders and rapist

How easy could you do time?? this is my question to you. spend alittle time and then ask this question

Andy

Yes make them do hard labour for 12 hours a day on bread and water and if they riot and burn down the prisons they are in make them live in the ruins getting cold and wet they don"t deserve any better they are in prison to be PUNISHED

joseph m

The problem is a surfeit of theorists who believe that prison is a place of rehabilitation and forget the punishment element .Social workers who cant or wont submit reports saying that this or that person should be locked up .Aprobation service where they are afraid of their clients in case they are assaulted .The police lock them up to protect society,the bleeding hearts let them out to protect their jobs ,punishment not nourishment should be the motto of the prison service,not do you need papers for your joint.

SexyMommy2B

Maybe in your state they got it easy but in NY it's not like that. Here you get locked up you either become the man or someones *****. And no they do not get ballon rides, they are lucky if they edible food.

Katrina

Ok, someone was talking about how much prisoners earn plus increase in inmates vs actual cost to public not equalling correctly. While your equation does put the prison system at a higher income than should be. yes I agree with that part. However, I didn't see where you factored in the prisons other operation cost. Electricity, gas, deseal( back-up generator) the salaries of each employee, employers portion of taxes required to pay irs for each employee, h2o, wastewater, sewer, cleaning supplies, medical insurance and practioners, property taxes, mortgage payments, pens paper uniforms, higher insurance (higher risk enviroment) saftey repairs, fire alarms,osha and local hazz mat training and supplies, training, record keeping-storage,security (very expensive)locks and whatnots, more seccurity with computer usage by employess in additon to proper monitoring of inmates internet, phone calls, personal mail and packages recieved and sending, not to mention seems like cost of living pay increase happen every 6 months to a year. I think the prisoners should pay their way, after all they are there because they commited an offense that could have or did cause considerable harm to another. unlike breaking the law by running across the street not at a crosswalk or stealing a pack of gum at 7*11 with no knives or guns or pretending to have such. just because they have lost their right to go where they want and do and see who they want doesnt mean they shouldnt have any personal responsiblity of their own. if they wherent in prison they would have some type of responsiblity to attend to.(every productive person does) anyways its unfortunate that your friend is in prison. the system is more on the unfair as to what offense goes to what level of prison. but if less people commited serious crimes than less in prison equalling less restrictive prison systems. But I'm just saying. (everyone please excuse my spelling or lack there of..its late)

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