Do you feel sorry for people who have to go to jail?

I have seen some "contempt of cop" cases where a verbal, non-violent discussion with a police officer, led a person to be arrested on trumped up charges like "obstruction".

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Our jails are full of offenders of victimless crimes (like possession of drugs). Not only do I feel sorry for them, but I feel sorry for the wasted tax money in locking them up.

When it comes to violent crimes, or theft and burglary, I think those people did themselves in and deserve to pay their time. I also think that pedophiles and violent offenders against children should always be left in the general popluation.

Of course, a lot of our 'prisons' are too nice for the inmates. I don't think a lack of internet privileges, college degrees, cable television, or gym equipment would warrant cruel or unusual punishment. There's plenty of people on the outside that go without these things.

Just my opinion though.

depends on the reason for them being there.

They did it to themselves.
Have a nice day !

Only if they don't deserve to be there :/

they all did something to deserve going there

A small percentage of people in jail are innocent ;) That's the way the system works.

yeah, I know. for them I do feel sorry

If they did a crime, then NO.

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if he or she deserve

but only if they deserve it

If they didn't deserve to be there

You break the law, you have to pay. Then again there are some circumstance where people should be given a medal instead of getting locked up!!

On the whole I don't feel bad for people who go to jail. But on a case-by-case basis, I'd feel bad for people, like those who were incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit.

I feel sorry for criminals that are sorry for what they've done. If they don't feel guilt for what they've done, they can rot in there.

I feel sorry for people who get locked up for having a drug addiction. The rich go to rehab and the poor go to jail.

If someone is awaiting trial and then is found not guilty or if it seems that the person was wrongfully convicted for a crime he/she did not commit then yes. If someone is in jail because he/she actually did brake the law then usually the answer will be no unless going by the law would cause others to be harmed. For instance if there was a law that required people to punch any person in a blue shirt in the face and someone was in jail for breaking that law I would feel sorry for that person as he/she would be in jail for not harming others. If someone was in jail for drinking and drinking was illegal I would not feel sorry for that person as that person would have broken a law that did not require that person to harm others. I also would certainly not feel sorry for someone if he/she was in jail for doing something caused harm to others even if doing it was not illegal.

If someone lie and said they did something they did and they didn't I feel bad.

Why would anybody lie and say they did something they didn't?

Only when they are incarcerated as a result of our failed war on drugs, fake DUI statistics, or some other similar, idiotic nanny state law.

I feel sorry for those who are robbed of their freedom and placed in a cage because of a "victimless crime", for example those who choose to harm themselves by using drugs while not harming anyone else or causing damage to another person's property.

For those who drank 1-3 beers and received a DUI,

There should be DUI laws but they should focus more on actual driving hazzard created and less on trying to trap someone that had a beer.

Ya most of mine were from partying in my truck not even driving but their idea is if you go somewhere and your sitting in your vehicle stopped and drinking your driving even though the vehicle isn't moving. Probably why I never went to prison. It's all about the revenue anyway

I feel sorry that they are either so stupid, or so evil, or so corrupted, or so desperate to do whatever they did to be going to prison.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOCK THE BASTARDS UP! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My father worked for the federal prison system for a long time. He always had one issue that made him seethe with anger. That prisoners, as a result of the ACLU and Congress, had three-square meals a day, air conditioned facilities, medical treatment and legal protection while over 40 million people in the country lived in Poverty.

Innocent people in poverty have to live worse lives than guilty people in prison? That's sad. Why does the government choose to support the guilty over the poor?

Prison should be so bad that you never want to be there again. After the second offense, my prison would be as follows:

Work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week

2 (basic) meals a day

2 showers a week

Entertainment/ a book and a candle

In my prison the only pleasures would be thinking of the day your sentence was up!

It would be great if that's what criminals could face, but I doubt authorities would allow that because of so-called "cruel and unusual punishment."

I don't see one thing I suggested that would be, "cruel," and if we did it all the time it would not be, "unusual punishment."

Are you in favor of chain gangs too?

YEAH!

Your father probably never told you that the incarceration rate in your country is FIVE TO TEN TIMES HIGHER than in other Western countries.
I don't think American people are any worse that us. But people like your father probably need jobs. And the private prison industrial complex needs $.

it really depends on what happened

but most the time no!