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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 308626" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I guess I'm one that looks at it a little differently too because of where I work. Of course, I work in a State prison, not a county jail, and our inmates have all committed serious felonies and have many years to do. Occasionally they will get complaints and calls from people who feel threatened by the presence of inmates working in the community. I feel like telling them, "Hey, these are the GOOD ones! You should see some of the other ones we've got locked up in there!"</p><p> </p><p>A few of our inmates definately are mentally ill and they get treated. But you will NOT see those guys out on a community service crew. But please don't think that all of them are in there because they are mentally ill. There are many who had good, responsible parents just like you who did everything they could to help them and then it ended badly anyway. I do feel very sorry for those parents. But then there are the rest - and I don't feel one bit sorry for <em>those</em> families! Lots and lots of people in there because they are truely the scum of the earth, especially the gang members. We see the visitors, the families, and in many cases the families (including the mothers) are worse than the inmates are! They're the ones who try to smuggle drugs in, or cell phones, or weapons. Or the women who try to come in and visit dressed like strippers and unleash a string of profanity on our officers because they aren't allowed to come in dressed like that. Or the ones who try to have sex in our visiting gallery right next to other guys' little kids, ministers or grandmothers who are just one table away! We get a lot of those! Or the ones who sit in our parking lot during visitation drinking or doing drugs and then are surprised that they get arrested! Or the ones who try to smuggle in contraband in packages. And there are always the mothers who make phone calls and write letters that <em>their</em> baby couldn't possibly have done THAT! Well, yeah he did too! For some of these people, having relatives in prison is a family tradition, a way of life, and they have never known anything different!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 308626, member: 1883"] I guess I'm one that looks at it a little differently too because of where I work. Of course, I work in a State prison, not a county jail, and our inmates have all committed serious felonies and have many years to do. Occasionally they will get complaints and calls from people who feel threatened by the presence of inmates working in the community. I feel like telling them, "Hey, these are the GOOD ones! You should see some of the other ones we've got locked up in there!" A few of our inmates definately are mentally ill and they get treated. But you will NOT see those guys out on a community service crew. But please don't think that all of them are in there because they are mentally ill. There are many who had good, responsible parents just like you who did everything they could to help them and then it ended badly anyway. I do feel very sorry for those parents. But then there are the rest - and I don't feel one bit sorry for [I]those[/I] families! Lots and lots of people in there because they are truely the scum of the earth, especially the gang members. We see the visitors, the families, and in many cases the families (including the mothers) are worse than the inmates are! They're the ones who try to smuggle drugs in, or cell phones, or weapons. Or the women who try to come in and visit dressed like strippers and unleash a string of profanity on our officers because they aren't allowed to come in dressed like that. Or the ones who try to have sex in our visiting gallery right next to other guys' little kids, ministers or grandmothers who are just one table away! We get a lot of those! Or the ones who sit in our parking lot during visitation drinking or doing drugs and then are surprised that they get arrested! Or the ones who try to smuggle in contraband in packages. And there are always the mothers who make phone calls and write letters that [I]their[/I] baby couldn't possibly have done THAT! Well, yeah he did too! For some of these people, having relatives in prison is a family tradition, a way of life, and they have never known anything different! [/QUOTE]
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