Chicagoist: Tamms Year Ten Campaigns

Ward Up

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:14:38 -0600

Another misguided article on Leftcagoist. You should do some research about exactly WHY these prisoners are in Tamms. Do some research about the need to protect the general prison population from injury. Also, the guys who are sent to Tamms are protected from getting into situations where they could be killed. And don't forget the need to protect prison staff. They deserve to go home safe to their families. Do you think those guys are in Tamms for chewing too loudly in the prison mess hall?

Scooter Libbby

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:07:06 -0600

It's my understanding that the scum in Tamms is considered to be too dangerous even for a maximum security prison. These prisoners are the ones that have attacked other prisoners or guards in the past. Let em rot!

matilda

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:42:39 -0600

Ad: Great points, and I worry you are 100% right I'm not one who wants to go soft on criminals, yet I realize if we as a society don't offer some help, or at least try to rehabiliate a few of these people, we, in the long run, will suffer--both through taxes to fund court cases and prison beds, and from having offenders repeat their crimes. I realize many criminals are beyond rehabilitiation, but some can be reformed and made into productive members of society. God help me, but the Spookster is 100% right as well.

Spook

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:31:31 -0600

Heck ad-rock, were feeling the effects right now. 15 to 20 and were talking Tsunami

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:12:53 -0600

You know, and people wonder why the recidivism rate is so high in the US. I'm not saying prisoners should be treated to a life of luxury, but you can't treat an inmate like this for ten or twenty years and then wonder why they get busted stealing a car, robbing a gas station, or selling crack on a street corner within six months of release. No doubt about it, the people that are sent to this facility are bad news; but they won't (in most cases) be locked up forever. The move towards this type of prison environment is becoming increasingly common, and I think we will feel the effects of that 15 to 20 years from now.