1% of US adults are in prison Options

[Spectatrix]

Not 1 in 100 has been in prison at some point in time... no, 1 in 99.1 were in prison (at the same time) at the start of the year.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/28/prison...n.ap/index.html

[Testm0nkey]

how do you explain progressive prisons that focus on rehabilitation see less and less excons returning to prison than your standard hard time chain gang prisons that are sometimes a century old?

or do you just stab yourself in the brain and refuse to acknowledge that?

[impala454]

how do you explain progressive prisons that focus on rehabilitation see less and less excons returning to prison than your standard hard time chain gang prisons that are sometimes a century old?

or do you just stab yourself in the brain and refuse to acknowledge that?

How do you explain that they actually do work? Or am I just supposed to believe everything you say since you never post any kind of data that supports all the stuff you pull outta your ass?

[Mommy]

How do you explain that they actually do work? Or am I just supposed to believe everything you say since you never post any kind of data that supports all the stuff you pull outta your ass?

I've watched several reports on prison systems that have rehabilitation tactics. One prison allows the prisoners to take care of dogs from the shelter (until a home is found for them). Because the prisoners have a responsibility to maintain good behavior and care for the animal, they are actually being rehabilitated in a way. That prison has a very very low return rate. Most cons that leave there never return to prison. It's kind of a neat tactic if you ask me.

[impala454]

I've watched several reports on prison systems that have rehabilitation tactics. One prison allows the prisoners to take care of dogs from the shelter (until a home is found for them). Because the prisoners have a responsibility to maintain good behavior and care for the animal, they are actually being rehabilitated in a way. That prison has a very very low return rate. Most cons that leave there never return to prison. It's kind of a neat tactic if you ask me.

See, at least Jessica is attempting to explain.

So my next question would be, how much do those prisons cost to run, and how much would it cost to convert all prisons in the US to this type?

[Mommy]

See, at least Jessica is attempting to explain.

So my next question would be, how much do those prisons cost to run, and how much would it cost to convert all prisons in the US to this type?

I think the shelter paid for the food and upkeep of the animals. The prison just had to let the dogs stay with the prisoners in the cell and give the prisoners time out in the yard to play with the dogs and let them do their business. I'm not positive though. Something like this seems like it would be cheap to run though since both the prison and the animal shelters are usually government funded. I think most of these guys were violent offenders too. The point was to help them be calm and work with problems and stuff. The dogs were routinely checked to make sure they were being taken care of properly.