tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2535989829700112408..comments2024-03-28T13:37:53.397-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: "I Hope You Get the Help You Need"Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1085769535168679892016-05-13T11:02:58.863-04:002016-05-13T11:02:58.863-04:00Leigh, I don't think that Americans, by and la...Leigh, I don't think that Americans, by and large, believe in rehabilitation at all. There's a lot of black and white thinking: once a ___, always a ___, and why bother with rehabilitation? After all, if you're in prison, you must be scum, and you should stay there forever. Unless you're someone I like. Or unless it's too expensive, so we'll now institute drug courts. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-30842823147430801012016-05-12T20:06:27.622-04:002016-05-12T20:06:27.622-04:00To answer your question: she was a cold, cold woma...To answer your question: she was a cold, cold woman.<br /><br /><br /><br />(ducking) Okay, okay, I couldn't resist.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80572180097074077792016-05-12T20:05:03.445-04:002016-05-12T20:05:03.445-04:00Eve, I had a conversation with an official in the ...Eve, I had a conversation with an official in the Florida system. She bitterly revealed that the prison system had no intention of rehabilitating inmates– that mandate went out of fashion fifty years ago. Prisoners aren’t encouraged to find outside resources on their own.<br /><br />What she didn’t say is that prisons are extremely profitable and prison corporations lobby, cajole, and reward those in the justice system to feed defendants into the corporate ‘correctional’ facilities. I wonder how many politicians, judges, and lawyers own stock in the CCA giant (Corrections Corporation of America) or one of its competitors?Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-13608860630113901132016-05-12T14:19:35.016-04:002016-05-12T14:19:35.016-04:00Susan, even in state prisons, prisoners have to so...Susan, even in state prisons, prisoners have to somehow pay for everything above the bare minimum (i.e., decent shoes, toiletries, etc.). And food - right now the contract between the State of SD and CBM is something around $3.75 per prisoner per day to feed them "3 meals"; since CBM is in the business to make money, quality and quantity is extremely low. I think the real problem with private prisons is that (1) they're there to make a profit and (2) their contracts always mandate a certain percentage of full beds, which means that even if crime drops, they still expect there to be prisoners. In other words, keep those arrests up no matter what! That's VERY dangerous.<br /><br />Elizabeth, you might be right - maybe he couldn't afford to bury her...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67170082128168768952016-05-12T12:59:39.029-04:002016-05-12T12:59:39.029-04:00About the man who transported his dead mother to S...About the man who transported his dead mother to South Dakota in a freezer, in addition to the Social Security fraud Eve mentions, maybe he couldn't afford to bury her. ?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86864732943958152972016-05-12T12:09:41.183-04:002016-05-12T12:09:41.183-04:00Excellent post. I wonder how much of this problem...Excellent post. I wonder how much of this problem is related to private prisons? I had a friend who's son went to a private prison and she had to supply his linens, towels, everything -- like camp. Just not as much fun. I wonder about the people whose mothers don't help? Do they sleep on naked beds and drip dry? Not trying to make light of this -- I really wonder about these things. I know back in the "good old days," the mentally ill (or maybe not so mentally ill) could be put in mental hospitals by family against their will and left there to rot. When Kennedy made the new laws regarding institutionalization, I'm sure it was for this reason (re: his sister). Unfortunately, this led to all other sorts of problems. If you find an answer -- to either the mental health problem or the reason the guy took his dead mom to SD -- please let me know.Susan Rogers Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145074114286286516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40905544763948945512016-05-12T09:33:01.120-04:002016-05-12T09:33:01.120-04:00Another excellent post! Once again I find myself w...Another excellent post! Once again I find myself wishing I could figure out a way to get wider circulation for it than the small circle of people I can share it with. Superb work in every way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22566881847421791672016-05-12T09:03:57.585-04:002016-05-12T09:03:57.585-04:00I've been mulling away on the woman in the fre...I've been mulling away on the woman in the freezer (since I certainly can't solve the mental health/prison problem), and I'm willing to bet it was a planned social security fraud. Then again, maybe he was really attached to his mother...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-37918455620443844252016-05-12T07:25:01.578-04:002016-05-12T07:25:01.578-04:00Another good- if depressing ! - column.
I think th...Another good- if depressing ! - column.<br />I think there's a story in the case of the woman in the freezer and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns into print!janice Lawnoreply@blogger.com