Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Do you think Prisoners/Inmates should be allowed to get compensation or sue for mistreatment and hurt feelings?

Absolutely NOT. In the old days ( pre-1970's), when a person was convicted of a felony crime and sent to prison, they were kicked off the face of the planet. They had NO rights, few amenities worked in prison factories or chain gangs. It forced rehabilitation due to a difficult and harsh life inside the wire. Regardless of what happened, they had NO rights whatsoever. The legal system had what was then known as a "hands off" view. What happened in prison stayed in prison. Recidivism was 15% and crime was lower.





Slightly different today with recidivism at 84%, inmates sitting around all day doing nothing and force feeding unwanted rehabilitation to persons who will NOT accept what they are being "taught".





In answer to your question, no, prisoners should have no rights until they are released outside the wire and are free persons again. In my personal opinion, if anyone should be allowed to get compensation for "hurt feelings", it should be the victims of crime. Somewhere along the line of being liberal and considerate and our current "Hug a Thug" philosophy, we have completely forgotten and ignored what the victims of crime have gone through and their family members as well.





PS....I have NO idea of where any TRUE supportive facts might be found, but 20% of all prisoners actually being innocent is BULL. Our legal system would be in a tailspin with just a fraction of that number. Just another bleeding heart liberal crying over the rights of convicted felons who he would not have living in his neighborhood to begin with.





I hope this helps and you can find it useful


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5 years with the Sheriff's Department and 21 years as a Correction Officer in a max prison|||Yes. Being in prison doesn't remove your legal rights, and if a breach of policy occurred, then you have a right to have legal redress.|||Hurt feelings??? You're joking right? Please tell me you're joking!





As for "mistreatment", you're going to have to define that.





Prisons is not supposed to be a place where criminals get to just "hang out" for a few years. It is PUNISHMENT. Do not be taken in by the "Department of Corrections" labels either. There is NO CORRECTION involved! It's 100% PUNISHMENT.|||No Way. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Prison is a PUNISHMENT and the ones who go there deserve to be there.|||People are in prison AS punishment, not FOR punishment, and the prison system and all of its functionaries have a duty of care to protect inmates from harm. Failure to do so carries the same liability as the outside world, and rightly so.





Consider also, once again, the following - around 18% of prisoners are most likely 'wrongfully convicted'. That's nearly 20%, so it is a very serious figure, and one which dictates that proper protection is due to all prisoners. See link.|||Anyone can sue anyone else so this question is moot. But of course prisoners can sue. That does not mean that they will win.|||Prisoners are notorious for filing frivolous lawsuits over everything from wrinkled prison shirts to the size of the slice of pie they got for dinner.





Lawsuits over conditions and mistreatment that are real, have been filed and won by inmates. Lawsuits over "hurt feelings" are summarily dismissed (it's a prison!).|||Wha...?





I had to look at the question twice to see if I misread it.


I can only assume that you're asking this question rhetorically as it is so dumb.


Short answer: No.


I'll leave my usual witty riposte aside for this reply.|||Hurt feelings? Seriously? No, they can not, and do not.





Mistreatment? Yes, and they can, and do, successfully sue. Often these lawsuits lead to improved policies and procedures within the affected Corrections Department.





Oh, and that 18% "wrongfully convicted" number above is BS. I see no where near that number that even 'claim' to be innocent. Never mind the ones that may actually be innocent.|||Which PLANET are you on ??





BRING BACK THE RACK, THE CAT 'O NINETAILS %26amp; THE THUMBSCREWS ! ! !





OH AND the BOILING OIL ! ! !

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