Reply #64: So you're denying... [View All]

Are you denying that inmates can't receive educations in jail? They don't get to work out? They don't get to buy candy and Twinkies if they want? They don't get to watch cable TV? My friend does. He gets free tutoring and is working on a degree in jail. He gets to work out every day of the week and even was hired by the jail for 23 cents an hour, so can buy candies and special food from the jail. He also has a TV with cable he can watch as well. Is it ideal? No, but a punishment? For a felony crime? I don't think so.

He isn't lying to me. My father was a Fire Chief for many years who volunteered his time tutoring inmates in the local jail. He'd say all the time how inmates would say being in jail is better than living outside of jail, especially if you're poor. They'd say you get heat or A/C, shitty food (but still regular meals), you could buy Twinkies and candy when your girlfriend would send you some money, and you had cable TV. It's pretty common knowledge that many inmates have better lives IN jail than they'd have if they were out of jail.

And, I never said it was a "fluff camp," so please don't put words in my mouth. What I said was that it isn't really punishment. When compared to living "free" I suppose for some it is punishment, but it is HARDLY a real punishment. If my kid was being put on time out, I wouldn't send him to go watch cable TV with Twinkies in his hand as punishment.

YOU haven't ever been in jail either, so your opinion on what "your husband" told you is just as valid as mine, coming from my Father and friend who is actually an inmate.

But whatever. I really don't care about this issue enough to argue with you. :eyes: