by Hokua oe Lopqi Lokki

Created on: November 07, 2007   Last Updated: July 23, 2009

Putting people in jail for every little crime committed is not the way to go. We need to find a new and better way. We have overcrowding jails these days, and these people just don't seem to be learning by being put behind bars all the time. I knew someone personally who would help people rob liquor stores knowing that he would get caught because it was what he had in plan. The reason that he would do this is because he felt he was safer in jail than out on the street. I have also had friends that say they love jail for the free room and board. Why would they want to be anywhere else. They ask. Some of these people are even better scam artists than the ones that are free walking about taking advantage of innocent people. But wait, these guys and gals are still taking advantage of us, because they are getting just what they want. These people admitted to wanting that free meal, that free room, the freedom of hassling bill collectors, they don't want to be free because we the people of the United States are providing for their every need and safety. Not everyone who gets caught committing a crime is a scam artist. Some are just psychologically ill and have no other means of supporting themselves, whether it be because of a drug addiction or a mental illness from birth. These people need help. Unless the person is a rapist or a murderer, in this day and age were we have the ability to use leg band monitors and/or and embedded locater chips that can be placed under the skin in areas that would prove deadly if they were to try and remove it themselves, it incomprehensible why w still have these people in jails. Unless these people have committed violent crimes, keeping tabs on criminals should be easier with todays technology. It could even prove to create more jobs in a society that needs more jobs.

We already infringe upon the freedom of criminals by imprisoning them. I agree with some that these people have basically, they gave their rights up when the committed the crime. They have done more than that though. These people are crying out for help. They are trying to tell us, that they don't know how to live in the society that we have created without us doing any thingto help them.

What happens to these people when the crime is done, because of drugs or mental illness? Murders and rapists definitely should go to jail. They are way to dangerous to be out in society under any circumstances. However,those who do less severe crimes such as burglary, breaking

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