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March 16, 2016 8:48 PM Subscribe
So, being there at all, is a cruel and unusual punishment.
posted by Oyéah at 9:35 PM on March 16, 2016
posted by Oyéah at 9:35 PM on March 16, 2016
Former Attica superintendent visits a Norwegian jail and is stunned by it's recording studio.
That's how you rehabilitate people. Leaving them in a room the size of a parking spot on garbage island does nothing.
“The library in RNDC was a dedicated space named in honor of a child of a correction officer who died young. It flooded five years ago [and] it’s been flooded continuously since then. It was flooded when I visited two weeks ago.”
You can't even keep your books dry!
Dear Grammy people, prepare my award I'm going to prison in Norway.
posted by adept256 at 9:38 PM on March 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
That's how you rehabilitate people. Leaving them in a room the size of a parking spot on garbage island does nothing.
“The library in RNDC was a dedicated space named in honor of a child of a correction officer who died young. It flooded five years ago [and] it’s been flooded continuously since then. It was flooded when I visited two weeks ago.”
You can't even keep your books dry!
Dear Grammy people, prepare my award I'm going to prison in Norway.
posted by adept256 at 9:38 PM on March 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
Leaving them in a room the size of a parking spot on garbage island does nothing.
And "nothing" is exactly what Americans expect. The US is a uniquely vindictive and penal society, and rehabilitation smacks of coddling and rewarding the crime to them, nevermind the potential positive end result of rehabilitation.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:55 AM on March 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
And "nothing" is exactly what Americans expect. The US is a uniquely vindictive and penal society, and rehabilitation smacks of coddling and rewarding the crime to them, nevermind the potential positive end result of rehabilitation.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:55 AM on March 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
And "nothing" is exactly what Americans expect. The US is a uniquely vindictive and penal society, and rehabilitation smacks of coddling and rewarding the crime to them, nevermind the potential positive end result of rehabilitation.
Prisons, healthcare, welfare? The US motto at this point should be "cutting off our noses to spite our faces".
posted by Talez at 5:19 AM on March 17, 2016 [19 favorites]
Prisons, healthcare, welfare? The US motto at this point should be "cutting off our noses to spite our faces".
posted by Talez at 5:19 AM on March 17, 2016 [19 favorites]
Dear Grammy people, prepare my award I'm going to prison in Norway.
About that....
I see Rikers, I *see* Rykers.
Damn you, Marvel!
posted by Mezentian at 6:34 AM on March 17, 2016
About that....
I see Rikers, I *see* Rykers.
Damn you, Marvel!
posted by Mezentian at 6:34 AM on March 17, 2016
I just signed the petition to close Rikers and they only need a few more signatures to reach the initial goal of 500. Please consider adding your name.
posted by layceepee at 7:56 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by layceepee at 7:56 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
What I found most striking about the first article was the statement "The vast majority of people detained at Rikers have not been convicted of a crime", and the way that, after using Candie Hailey-Means' story as an opener, they wait till the end to point out that after three miserable years in Riker's Island, "In May 2015, Hailey-Means was found not guilty of the crime of which she was accused."
Being vindictive towards convicted criminals is one thing, being so vindictive towards people who haven't even been tried yet is much, much worse.
posted by Azara at 9:51 AM on March 17, 2016 [13 favorites]
Being vindictive towards convicted criminals is one thing, being so vindictive towards people who haven't even been tried yet is much, much worse.
posted by Azara at 9:51 AM on March 17, 2016 [13 favorites]
The US motto at this point should be "cutting off our noses to spite our faces".
I lean toward "It will hurt less if you stop squirming."
posted by 3urypteris at 11:02 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I lean toward "It will hurt less if you stop squirming."
posted by 3urypteris at 11:02 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
So many horrific stories of prison: abuse of trans* folk; abuse of solitary; overcrowding; over incarceration; bad food; rape...and now toxic fumes and no temperature control? One of the most sickening parts of this article was seeing that lawsuits have been pending over the conditions at rikers since 1975
posted by biggreenplant at 12:34 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by biggreenplant at 12:34 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
NYPD Cop Committed Perjury to Convict Five Innocent People, Sabotage Search For Real Killers
posted by jeffburdges at 6:06 AM on March 22, 2016
posted by jeffburdges at 6:06 AM on March 22, 2016
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I knew this place was NYC's biggest embarrassment and the people running it were the real criminals, but until now I didn't know it was literally built on trash.
posted by melissam at 9:26 PM on March 16, 2016 [1 favorite]