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2:19 PM
Miss M.D.
I peruse many sites and one thing I found quite interesting is pictures of a prison in Austria. With digs like this, moving an illegal substance with intent to distribute is looking mighty tempting.
This is the outside of the building. (I know it's already got your mind going. Mine too.)This prison is nicer (and cleaner) than some hospitals. It's hard to imagine that we have people in developed countries, such as this one, living like paupers but prisoners living like princes(ses).
Digs like this just scream, "If you move the right drug, then you're one step away from living in the lap of luxury."
I don't agree with the system only being punitive, it should be rehabilitative as well. But when people in prison are living better than law biding citizens... I begin to worry.
If breaking the law is this enticing, soon everyone will be in jail and no one to pay for it.
My dorm room wasn't even this nice... tsk tsk tsk.Like Jadakiss said, "I know dudes who go to jail just to get their teeth fixed."
I guess they go for vacation now too.
Seriously!?My high school didn't even have its own gym and the one we borrowed looked like this one, only 30 years from now with no updates.
Sad. *smh*
FAMILY FUN TIME!!Did you notice the TV mounted on the wall in the picture of the room?
(Go ahead and take another peek)
Well here is it's big brother.
Foozeball?
Shouldn't there be more time for reflection about becoming a better citizen... maybe some rehabilitative classes? I know when you're locked up, there's very little to do and you have to keep the inmate entertained, but um...
TIME OUT! This gym is off the hook! AND the equipment is NEW. Seriously, the gov't dollars that went into the construction, design, and interior decoration of this prison could've went into building a new school to prevent the need for a "designer" prison.(photo credits: Bad Control)
2 OPINIONS:
You'd have to compare the prison to the apartments and living quarters in Austria. Having done some work in both more upscale and regular jails and prisons, it's not the accoutrements/surroundings, it's the fact that you are relegated and confined. You have gym equaipment but have to wait your turn or it may be "owned" by a group of prisoners and you won't be allowed to use it. There is really no freedom of choice so - my poor situation where I may not have a flat screen or a gym in my home, but I can watch what I want when I want to, fix myself a meal or snack when I want to, etc., means that I am free. No price on that.
I agree, the comparison has to be made within that particular country.
While I remain firm in the system being rehabilitative, I do feel that when you break the law (excluding those incarcerated wrongly accused or unjustly) then there is an expectation that you will lose some of your freedoms as a result. Prison is a time out, to reevaluate and regroup for a better performance. I recall when I was younger, time outs were agonizing- having to sit inside and feel trapped. This was when I realized I would never make it in prison, restriction is not something I enjoy. So I work to ensure I can remain free to choose whether I buy a flat screen TV.
However, with prison there is an expectation that you will lose some of your freedoms, but not your liberties. You're still treated (well supposed to be) as a memeber of society, but you need a timeout. I know when I was younger, time out meant I couldn't enjoy the same luxuries as I normally did when my behavior was correct. I just think when you make the punishment too confortable, it doesn't make it seem nearly as taboo as it should be. Austria (and most of west Europe) have better public service systems than we do, so I'm sure the schools are not in as dire straits as ours, but even still more money needs to go into prevention as well.
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