Solitary Confinement: Hot Damn!

Solitary confinement is a subject that has been readdressed and discussed as of recent. People are starting to think about the rights of prisoners. Solitary is just one of those things. It's just one of those things. Does solitary confinement need laws to regulate the amount of time spent there? Personally, I think that there should be something like that. I think that use of solitary confinement is fine for up to a year, but any longer than that is excessive. However, once those prisoners come back out and they get into more trouble with the general prison populace, they can go back in there.

I wouldn't give prison officials a free hand in deciding the amount of time in solitary. I could picture these officials throwing the rules right out the window because they hold some sort of authority and probably feel as if they can do whatever they want. A lot of authority is like that. Their heads get big and they feel as if they're better than everyone. It sickens me. Restriction on prison officials is the key here.

I wouldn't allow prisoners to challenge their position in court. That's a bit ridiculous.

Gangs; Will it ever end?

Personally, I think that gangs will never cease to exist. Gangs are something that makes people feel big, larger than life. There are a lot of people in this world who carry that macho mentality around with them, and gangs are definitely something that fits into. It's something that cannot be stopped, goddammit. The gang mentality and mob rule are probably some of the worst concepts to be developed in our society. It's a vicious cycle. What is being proposed is a total Darwinian society. I think these people's dogma are running a little thin. Or their jargon. It's whatever.

Finding a solution to these problems will be hard. I don't think heightened police presence will do anything. The police are just a bunch of inept jack-offs who think they hold some sort of authority because they have a gun and a badge. They can't actually do anything to combat gangs and gang members because they're so late to respond to everything. I think former gang members would help the most because they know their shit. And they know whats going on.