Incaraseration By Sherrif Joe

[honeychile]

I see the inmates working with animals as a major step in the right direction. I've heard a lot about Sheriff Joe over the years, as I know one of his deputies.

There was a special on Dateline or 60 Minutes about inmates who sue over poor conditions. One was suing because his shoelaces were mismatched - for over a million dollars. Of course, he's not going to win, but he's costing the courts millions in the process. We need to eliminate the process where such frivolous lawsuits can be dismissed without tying up the judicial process. Seriously, do you think that taxpayers should have paid for the hormones which Richard Speck was taking? Do prisoners really need to watch porn? Isn't the whole concept of jail to be disgusted enough not to return, and hopefully be rehabilitated?

I'm not saying that Sheriff Joe's methods are perfect, but if more jails adopted the attitude of not making jails comfortable, there might be fewer people relying on the public dollar.