Italian inmates seek death penalty Options

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Don't mean to open up a can of worms, but I thought this was interesting.. I'd never thought I'd hear prisoners wanting a death penalty, seems like it's borderline euthanasia.

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Who cares what prisoners want?

And that maximum sentence of 30 years they have in the works is a bad idea. Kill someone at 20. Turn around, kill them again at 50. And you can even get one more in at 80

I'm intrigued. How would you kill the same person 2-3 times? I don't have the statistics, but the average prisoner will not make it 30 years in the pen, much less 60 years. The life expectancy in these prisons is not very long.

every prison I've ever seen has a courtyard area, and usually w/a damn basketball court.

How many people can use a basketball court at once? Ten. Do you want to try to get in on a game and piss off some other guy that wanted to play? They do get recreational time, but it's so that their bodies don't deteriorate or atrophy. Some of these guys aren't in their for life and their crimes may not be violent crimes, so they will try to enter the real world again some day.

well, how many of these people are in touch with their families in the first place? also ever heard of conjugal visits?

I'm sure there are quite a few that have wives/kids or are still in touch with their families. The problem is the stuff that Cathryn said, they lose touch with their families and have to deal with the fact that their loved ones will move on and eventually you will be stuck in their and they'll have to deal with the rest of their lives without you. The chapters of your family's life involving you are over.

aww poor babies

I don't feel sorry for the inmates, but you don't even like it when pedestrians walk in front of you, dictating the pace you can drive your vehicle. How would you like being told when and how to eat, drink, sleep, shit, piss, exercise, and think.

I also don't buy the shit about prisoners having more stuff than most people do like TV, beds, radio, blah blah blah. For people serving life in prison, their life is structured by people who basically own them. They can't do anything to improve their situation like people on the outside can (capitalistic society). They get to watch TV for an hour a day or whatever and read some books, but that's all their ever going to be able to do. It's not like they get to earn a college degree and use it, they are going to be the smartest motherfucker on Cell Block D with no way to put that degree to use. I see these extra amenities and educational options as a good way to keep prisoners entertained and doing something that isn't causing trouble to the other inmates or employees.

i wonder what the italian prisons are like? id wager they dont have basketball courts

Are you trying to say italians are too short and white to play basketball?