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Green Man |
Honey wrote:
Green Man wrote:
Honey wrote:
Yes of course. We can treat them kindness and understanding and keep them safe, while also recognising and condemning the crime.
Are you a freak? No. But you are eccentric, in the true sense, so your (our) reaction is less typical.
Not everyone has the capacity to give unconditional positive regard, and not everyone can hold several views and ideas at the same time.
Ditto.
I love "an eye for an eye" ideology.
You give shit you will get shit.  :
And round you go for ever. 
Whatever will be - will be. |
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Honey |
Green Man wrote:
Honey wrote:
Yes of course. We can treat them kindness and understanding and keep them safe, while also recognising and condemning the crime.
Are you a freak? No. But you are eccentric, in the true sense, so your (our) reaction is less typical.
Not everyone has the capacity to give unconditional positive regard, and not everyone can hold several views and ideas at the same time.
Ditto.
I love "an eye for an eye" ideology.
You give shit you will get shit. :
And round you go for ever. |
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Honey |
robbiex wrote:
There is always a call for "full life" sentences when this kind of terrible crime is committed, rather than serve a very long sentence. The only effect of this is that the behaviour of the prisoner is much more volatile because you remove all hope of them ever been released, and they have nothing to lose by causing trouble. There is no precedent for prisoners been released in their 80s or 90s and going on the rampage, and it is done purely for political reasons to satisfy the bloodlust of the general public. Prisons were originally set up as places for rehabilitation as well as punishment, and this is what they should be.
Not of ninety year olds going on the rampage, no, but there have been rapists and murderers released early who have struck again.
If we could trust that the probation service knew what they were doing, we might not be as keen on whole life sentences.
As for volatile prisoners, I suspect that this is caused mostly by poor conditions and ill treatment, and that needs to be stopped however long or short the sentences are.
It would be bonkers to decide a sentence based on how prison officers can handle a situation.  Surely public safety comes first?
"I had better release this murderous psychopath early because we cant cope with him in jail?"  |
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Wyot |
We are pretty "locked down" even when we aren't in lockdowns. There is little sense of community anywhere anymore. We increasingly lead atomised phone-tapping virtual lives. We have little sense of shared responsibility now & require "answers" to everything that are simple and untroubling. |
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Green Man |
Angel wrote:
JK, you might have a diferent attitude if you were a parent. Not making excuses but it resonates in a way that you don't understand.
Spot on ! |
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