Vandals should become cheap labor

[Boltlady]

Far too many cases of vandalism are cropping up. The vandals need to be given very long jail terms along with jobs that nobody else wants with all but a very small amount going toward paying for the damage they caused. That would apply whether the damage was to private property or gov't property. They need to be examples showing others that vandalism is NOT free speech.

Those acts that are damaging historic artifacts are particularly heinous and need to be treated harshly. The perps should have to pay whatever costs are involved in any potential cleanups. The spray painting of stonehenge kind of set me off but so does the smashing of display cases in jewelry stores. Far too often people are given a mere slap on the hand for their deed and others are left with the aftermath. Even if the victims are insurance companies it still falls back others with more expensive insurance. It's time for all of this to be addressed.

 

[Boltlady]

Either the views of this thread are all from robots or they're from people who seem to think that it's just fine if others damage or totally destroy someone else's property to show that they're protesting something they don't agree with. Years ago when I was younger we were taught to respect other people and their property. We didn't even cross on someone's lawn without their permission.

Times have changed in untenable ways. The true irony is that instead of actually respecting each other we're being told that everything has to be different because we need to promote the desires of minuscule numbers of our population who happen to be a bit different from the majority.

The result will be major wars. What a shame.

 

[sensible don]

Ok, for years and years Prisoners have made license plates, worked prison farms, cleaned highway medians, etc etc. Did you NOT know that ?

Vandals = Prisoners - amiright?

 

[sensible don]

Prisoners can work in various ways while incarcerated1234:

• In prison industry programs, inmates create and sell products.
• In public work programs, inmates provide services for the public.
• Penal labor involves forced manual labor.
• Roughly 800,000 incarcerated people work behind bars.
• Some incarcerated people face punishment if they decline to work.
• Formerly incarcerated people are employed in industries such as waste management, construction, and food service.

 

[sensible don]

US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? | AP News

What are prison work programs and how common are they? (usafacts.org)

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (yahoo.com)



#HUGETHREADFAIL!

 

[Boltlady]

Prisoners can work in various ways while incarcerated1234:

• In prison industry programs, inmates create and sell products.
• In public work programs, inmates provide services for the public.
• Penal labor involves forced manual labor.
• Roughly 800,000 incarcerated people work behind bars.
• Some incarcerated people face punishment if they decline to work.
• Formerly incarcerated people are employed in industries such as waste management, construction, and food service.

Is the money generated from all of that labor used to compensate those who incurred losses from the "protestors"? BTW, it would seem that those so called protestors rarely are given any sort of prison sentence so they wouldn't even be part of that labor.

 

[sensible don]

Is the money generated from all of that labor used to compensate those who incurred losses from the "protestors"? BTW, it would seem that those so called protestors rarely are given any sort of prison sentence so they wouldn't even be part of that labor.

Prisoners - the term doesn't apply to only people in prison, people in jail and home confinement are prisoners - amiright?

 

[Boltlady]

Prisoners - the term doesn't apply to only people in prison, people in jail and home confinement are prisoners - amiright?

But do they have to pat for the damage they do?

 

[sensible don]

But do they have to pat for the damage they do?

that is called a civil law suit, and many states have victim's funds to re-imburse them - again what century are you living in ?