Friday, April 16, 2010

Solitary Confinement, doe.

If i were to draft a law regulating the use of solitary confinement, i would have a limit on how long one can stay in solitary confinement. i would have a limit of 1 year. a prisoner can not stay in solitary confinement for more than a year, this would be my law.

i would give prison officials a "free hand" in deciding the limitations that the prisoners have in the jail cell. i would want to stay out of contributing to deciding the restrictions because i am not involved directly in the prison, and i do not plan on being involved. the prison official are the ones who deal with the prisoners on a daily basis and they should be the ones saying what they can or can not do in jail. they also should be the ones to decide when they should be in solitary confinement.

i do not think prisoners should be able to challenge their solitary confinement in court. one gets what they deserve, if they acted out in jail then they deserve to be in solitary confinement and that is their own fault. they should of thought about their actions before they were accounted for. by letting prisoners challenge their solitary confinement, they will not be learning from their m,mistakes and it will only allow prisoners to have control and i believe prisoners should have no control on ce they have committed a crime and are in jail.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Gangs

I feel as though gangs will never end and will always be present in our world. Everybody wants and will always need safety and money. If one is in desperate need for these two things then one will join a gang and it could be a good thing for them. There is a huge population of gangs and law enforcement officers will not be able to control them and catch all of them. some ideas that we came up with to stop gangs were setting up more community stops and centers for teens and adults. By having these centers open at night people will be able to feel safe and comfortable in that type of area. One more way to stop gangs in our community is t increase the police enforcement and have them around more often, especially at night and when it gets dark.