Incarceration Nation

Maybe its time for the French. Government to seriously look at the benefits of Restorative Justice and its effect on bludgeoning prison populations. This system can run parallel with the Retributive Justice system. Restorative Justice is founded on principles of non-violence, reconciliation, and forgiveness, unlike their present system based on Retribution.It is a (new ) approach based on (ancient)principles of spirituality. Restitution of the victim rather than punishment for the offender (in the retributive sense).Punishment can perpetuate the cycle of justice; forgiveness can stop the cycle of violence.

Maybe its time for the French. Government to seriously look at the benefits of Restorative Justice and its effect on bludgeoning prison populations. This system can run parallel with the Retributive Justice system. Restorative Justice is founded on principles of non-violence, reconciliation, and forgiveness, unlike their present system based on Retribution.It is a (new ) approach based on (ancient)principles of spirituality. Restitution of the victim rather than punishment for the offender (in the retributive sense).Punishment can perpetuate the cycle of justice; forgiveness can stop the cycle of violence.

People will always alter their state of consciousness, that will never change, we need to stop sending perfectly good tax-paying citizens to prison for smoking pot and doing other drugs and where they come out criminals instead of rehabililtated. We did not learn our lesson from prohibition i.e. gangsters, legalize and deal with the addictions the way we deal with alcholism.

People have altered their state consciousness for centuries and they are not going to stop now just because they get throwed in prisons, when are we going to get our heads out of our asses and change the drug laws in the world and quit sending tax paying citizens to prison for doing drugs where they come out real criminals because of what they learn in our over-crowded prisons. You would think we learned our lesson when we prohibited alchohol and started the gangster problem that we still have today because of illegal drugs. Legalize some drugs and just deal with the addictions the way we deal with alcholism. We take perfectly good tax-paying citizens and throw them in prison for smoking pot and let child molesters and violent criminals go free, what the the hell is wrong with us!

American prisons hold no fear or threats to inmates. They like it there. The food is great, no rent is paid, health needs a covered, clothing cost are zero, ya aint got to work, you can generally kick it. Three hots and a cot-plus a punk in the bunk.

I was thinking more along the lines of the U.S. carving out a section of Montana and dropping all prisoners, including all the white collar criminals that languish in those country club prisons, all gang members, dealers, baby rapers, rapists, child molesters, and so forth and let them carve out their own society. Perhaps out of human compassion, we should give them some supplies to get going and some medical aid, but that's it!

Singapore has few people in prison. They boldly do what other great nations are afraid to do; they hang violent ourlaws and drug dealers. This bold and aggressive action against violent criminals has made violent crime, and even property crime, is very rare in Singapore. The French now realize they made a big mistake buy doing away with the blade. Now their streets are filled with murderous thugs of all kinds making France a place of danger.

Unfortunately, all comments so far reflect the common ignorance and widespread inhumanity among the holier-than-thous. Would you like to know how to manage prisons without strife and reduce recidivism at the same time? Study Norway. The usual reaction of the "punishers" is akin to insanity. Continue or even exaggerate the present system and expect a different result. There, but for the grace of god.......

There bur for the grace of god go I. Do you want learn about incarceration and the elimination of recidivism? Go to Norway. How many more centuries will it take before the underlying barbarism of our "civilized" societies stops being practiced in our prisons? Petty criminal in=hardened criminal out. It goes on and on year after year, and, like any other insanity, the perpetrators continue to expect a different result.

Good comments. I agree with all of them. Unfortunately there are too many bleeding hearts. Prisoners should have little if any rights.