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Parent Article: THREE JAIL SUICIDES IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY |
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Re: THREE JAIL SUICIDES IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY |
by Anna Epelbaum
aepelbaum (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
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15 Dec 2004
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The mistreatment of inmates in the USA jails and prisons is important and very widely considered topic. Remember numerous movies with Robert Redford about it !
However, it seems even more important to try to eliminate reasons which brought many of inmates in these jails and prisons at the first place. I think that it is obvious, isn't it? The level of education in poor parts of community and especially minority communities is still outrageously low. That is why a lot of teenagers are finally kicked out of school, can't even if want to continue their education, and go into crime as the only available alternative. The work on behalf of any cause should be always started at this cause's root system. It is, of course, correct in this particular case as well. However, I, personally, met all kinds of resistance (and in IMC, and especially from Sandra Athens, in particular), trying to improve the quality of current educational system, these actions are even more urgent under the permanent and permanently increasing requirements of accountability the system of education is currently facing.
So, why is Sandra Athens, who is so concern with the treatment of inmates, is doing a lot to MULTIPLY the number of these inmates instead of doing her best to decrease this number??
Maybe, because this cause is one of the best decoration of her portfolio, she needs it to exist permanently, and therefore, the stream of new inmates should be steady and not in decline. So, who is more DESTRUCTIVE AND DAMAGEABLE to the cause of improper treatment of inmates: the people who treat them improperly or the people who do their best to keep the stream of new inmates steady to continue to make their careers on this cause? I think that the answer is clear, and it is sure not to THE ADVANTAGE OF THE SECOND GROUP. What do you think? |
