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Then they build up debt to be paid back once they are released and they also can't buy any goodies in prison.
See, I'm envisioning the "lifer". He's never going to get out, and he knows it.

And for many of these people, even if they do get out, they have the type of mindset that doesn't care about a prison debt. Being disqualified from getting a mortgage is hardly on their radar.
 
See, I'm envisioning the "lifer". He's never going to get out, and he knows it.

And for many of these people, even if they do get out, they have the type of mindset that doesn't care about a prison debt. Being disqualified from getting a mortgage is hardly on their radar.

For those that get out, I'm not talking about getting a mortgage. They will receive no social security and no pay or money whatsoever until they have paid their debt.

For people who are in prison for life, the prospect of never being able to have any sigarettes, never being able to watch TV, never being able to participate in any sport, etc; may be a sobering prospect.
 
For those that get out, I'm not talking about getting a mortgage. They will receive no social security and no pay or money whatsoever until they have paid their debt.

For people who are in prison for life, the prospect of never being able to have any sigarettes, never being able to watch TV, never being able to participate in any sport, etc; may be a sobering prospect.
For many you're probably right. There'd still be the occasional rebellious odd duck, though.
 
For many you're probably right. There'd still be the occasional rebellious odd duck, though.

True. But it's not like prisons don't have to deal with that sort of people now.
 
For those that get out, I'm not talking about getting a mortgage. They will receive no social security and no pay or money whatsoever until they have paid their debt.

For people who are in prison for life, the prospect of never being able to have any sigarettes, never being able to watch TV, never being able to participate in any sport, etc; may be a sobering prospect.

I get the idea of making people pay when they can, but when taken to it's logical end as has just happened, the idea falls apart. Completely cutting them off from anything is absolutely non-conducive to any sort of rehabilitation. What is that prisoner with a boatload of debt, no SS/pay/money and low job prospects (they're convicted, after all) going to do? Likely turn right back to crime.
 
Personally I think that convicted criminals who are incarcerated should always be made to pay for their room and board.

This is one of the most repulsive and vindictive ideas I ever read.
 
I get the idea of making people pay when they can, but when taken to it's logical end as has just happened, the idea falls apart. Completely cutting them off from anything is absolutely non-conducive to any sort of rehabilitation. What is that prisoner with a boatload of debt, no SS/pay/money and low job prospects (they're convicted, after all) going to do? Likely turn right back to crime.

We are talking about a scenario in which people consciously choose to reject rehabilitation. Actions should have consequences.
 
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