Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Objective -> Outcome: in what way do they meet here?Categories: Anthropology Conflict management
Prisons.
We want them to have self-worth,
so we destroy their self-worth.
We want them to be responsible,
so we take away all responsibilities.
We want them to be positive and constructive,
so we degrade them and make them useless.
We want them to be non-violent,
so we put them where there is violence all around them.
We want them to be kind and loving people,
so we subject them to hatred and cruelty.
We want them to quit being the tough guy,
so we put them where the tough guy is respected.
We want them to quit hanging around losers,
so we put all the
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Comments
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arumanda said on 08/06/05 at 07:20 PM.....
perfect timing. this very subject has been floating around in my mind for the past week, day in and day out. i think the triggers were a book i read written by a prisoner describing his life and the violence that surrounds him, and the brilliant but very scary documentary on tv last week by the bbc’s louis theroux.
it just doesn’t sit right in my stomach, the concept of prison. there has to be another way. but i don’t know what better alternatives exist. i just know there has to be alternatives out there.
thanks for the questions and for making me think. i will continue to do so.
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MJD-S (between awake and asleep) said on 08/06/05 at 11:19 PM.....
The problem is by the time you put someone in prison it may be too late.
Very much a case of prevention is better than cure.
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Kristen (at the computer) said on 08/06/06 at 12:36 PM.....
Here is an interesting commentary on California’s “pay to stay” system that allows prisoners to upgrade their rooms for a cost.