So, are we recruiting for the military in US prisons yet?

mandyky

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Thu Jan-20-05 07:12 AM
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So, are we recruiting for the military in US prisons yet?

Supposedly we have about 3 million folks in jail. Probably half are for non-violent drug busts. Since what we are doing in Iraq is illegal, let's just send criminals there to fight. We can give these folks amnesty just as we are giving citizenship to non-Americans in the service.

As a veteran, I am not sure mixing these troops into non-criminal units would work that well. Not sure this idea is good, just wanted to throw out the idea for discussion.

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LynnTheDem

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Thu Jan-20-05 07:18 AM
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1. They've been given the option already

I know of two cases where men indicted of crimes were given the choice last year to do prison time...or join the "volunteer" army.

Word of advice to the rightwingnuts (who are only armchair warriors, of course; they're not lining up to enlist to die for their bush-god's lies)...DON'T JAYWALK. ;)

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anarchy1999

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Thu Jan-20-05 07:27 AM
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2. Or "drive drunk"! You could find yourself in Iraq, or filling some

Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 07:28 AM by anarchy1999

other position somewhere else, "peacekeeping in Sudan", "drug war in Colombia", "giving aid in Indonesia", get the drift/new draft?

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signmike

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Thu Jan-20-05 07:27 AM
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3. Though it's officially denied, I know they did it

during WW2 - my dad was in San Quentin for three years (murder) and got out by joining the Army and went to Germany. He lived, his time was up and they turned him loose. Actually, he was loose upon the countryside as soon as he joined.
And here I am.

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