American prison stories

[BrabusMog]

One of the Natwest boys?

[Puggit]

So Greg showed the hiding place, but then went ballistic when the very same hiding place was used?

[gl20]

Puggit said:

So Greg showed the hiding place, but then went ballistic when the very same hiding place was used?

+1. Didn't get this. Did he have a very short memory?

[Superflow]

The reason why sentences are so long in the US is because most of the prisons are owned and run by private companies who lobby for the longer sentences for their shareholders,it's evil big business again.They have inmates working for 25 cents per hour,who always show up on time and do a full day, or they end up in isolation as punishment.

It is a business and they have two million customers in the US who all contribute towards the bottom line,that is why kids are getting fifty to life for three strikes in California.

[MDMA .]

Keeps them off the streets.

[Speed_Demon]

Superflow said:

The reason why sentences are so long in the US is because most of the prisons are owned and run by private companies who lobby for the longer sentences for their shareholders,it's evil big business again.They have inmates working for 25 cents per hour,who always show up on time and do a full day, or they end up in isolation as punishment.

It is a business and they have two million customers in the US who all contribute towards the bottom line,that is why kids are getting fifty to life for three strikes in California.

I've heard of the ridiculous lobbying that goes on in America but that is absolutely insane.

[Mastodon2]

This could be a good thread. What was the crime? It must have been something fairly wild to get extradited - a sort of "Paid tha cost to be tha boss" kind of affair.

[birdcage]

Must be a financial crime...We can read the exploits of the 'flash crash' trader soon when they lock him up for 2,000 years.

When it comes to extradition we just roll over like a bunch of pussies. 'Special relationship' my ass.

They are just a bunch of thugs and bullies.

I am sure the dude probably committed a crime, he seems pretty open about that but serving your time with a bunch of psycho's in gangs can't be fun

[anonymous-user]

Superflow said:

The reason why sentences are so long in the US is because most of the prisons are owned and run by private companies who lobby for the longer sentences for their shareholders,it's evil big business again.They have inmates working for 25 cents per hour,who always show up on time and do a full day, or they end up in isolation as punishment.

It is a business and they have two million customers in the US who all contribute towards the bottom line,that is why kids are getting fifty to life for three strikes in California.

Sounds a little CNN to me. What would their 3 (repeated) offences be that ended with them being sent down for 50 years > life in prison?

Any credible links?

[eltax91]

Interesting read. Would love to read more. I'm guessing at 4 and 1/2 years it must be a 'minor' crime like financial fraud or something?

[Captain Benzo]

does anyone have the link to 10 pence short's thread?

i've searched but can't find it?

[FredClogs]

You guys, everyone knows the first rule of prison club is you don't ask the guys what he's in for...

Can't wait for the bit where he swims the icy waters from Alcatraz.

[Petrus1983]

DoubleTime said:

Sounds a little CNN to me. What would their 3 (repeated) offences be that ended with them being sent down for 50 years > life in prison?

Any credible links?

Read these, there's loads of examples though on Google.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/opinion/sunday/c...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-an...

[Petrus1983]

eltax91 said:

Interesting read. Would love to read more. I'm guessing at 4 and 1/2 years it must be a 'minor' crime like financial fraud or something?

I'm guessing plea bargain - they'd have been threatening "in excess of 100 years" and then as if by magic it turns up at 4.5 years. One example of this is Teresa and Joe Judice who are on American TV and were looking at mega jail time, but when it came down to it - "After entering a guilty plea to 41 counts of fraud in March 2014, the pair were sentenced in October: Teresa to 15 months behind bars, and Joe to 41 months."

[Superflow]

As the above links show they applied the law without applying common sense.I have no issue with murderers,rapists and child molesters suffering this law,however the victims here are the mentally ill who need care, not just leaving to rot in a prison cell.

[ambuletz]

I thought this was a nice video of a man commenting on how he sees life after spending 44 years in prison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrH6UMYAVsk

[ApOrbital]

Wow ^

[matchmaker]

Interesting read!

[Morningside]

Come on OP you cannot leave it there.

[anonymous-user]

Petrus1983 said:

DoubleTime said:

Sounds a little CNN to me. What would their 3 (repeated) offences be that ended with them being sent down for 50 years > life in prison?

Any credible links?

Read these, there's loads of examples though on Google.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/opinion/sunday/c...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-an...

Thanks for that.

So in fact it is now a reformed law and was actually 25 years > life - so as I said, a slight CNN/Dailymail play on the facts. However it was still a crazy punishment for what sound like minor crimes.