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Rehabilitation?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/16/four-florida-teens-accused-in-carjacking-kidnapping-federal-agent/
Four individuals car jack and kid nap a federal agent. They pistol whip him, steal his wallet and then ditch the car and run away only to be caught and arrested.
"Askins, who was picked up Thursday in a stolen car, is a reputed member of the street gang Death Over Mercy, according to the Sentinel. In 2013, he was charged as an adult at 16 with attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting targeting a member of the rival Gorilla gang. The charges were eventually dropped, but long prison sentences were handed down to his two co-defendants in the case."
The above situation goes back 2 years before this most recent attack. Charges were dropped on this kid for attempted murder. Was anything learned? Apparently not. Would he have learned anything in prison, something like rehabilitation? Probably not, but at least he would have been incarcerated and not able to be involved with this.
Where do situations like this leave us? This kid didn't learn anything from his first scrape with the law. Chances are, this won't be his last either. He'll do some time for this, but when he gets out his gang will give him "props" and he will have garnered more respect from his fellow gang members.....
Admittedly, there is a lot I need to learn about "gang life". Some people refer to this as 'culture'. I think its a lack there of. Misidentifying 'culture' with blatant stupidity is horribly irresponsible.
Four individuals car jack and kid nap a federal agent. They pistol whip him, steal his wallet and then ditch the car and run away only to be caught and arrested.
"Askins, who was picked up Thursday in a stolen car, is a reputed member of the street gang Death Over Mercy, according to the Sentinel. In 2013, he was charged as an adult at 16 with attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting targeting a member of the rival Gorilla gang. The charges were eventually dropped, but long prison sentences were handed down to his two co-defendants in the case."
The above situation goes back 2 years before this most recent attack. Charges were dropped on this kid for attempted murder. Was anything learned? Apparently not. Would he have learned anything in prison, something like rehabilitation? Probably not, but at least he would have been incarcerated and not able to be involved with this.
Where do situations like this leave us? This kid didn't learn anything from his first scrape with the law. Chances are, this won't be his last either. He'll do some time for this, but when he gets out his gang will give him "props" and he will have garnered more respect from his fellow gang members.....
Admittedly, there is a lot I need to learn about "gang life". Some people refer to this as 'culture'. I think its a lack there of. Misidentifying 'culture' with blatant stupidity is horribly irresponsible.
The prison system is a junk show. The justice system is too, but I somehow think its the best justice system in the world. That doesn't mean it can't be improved upon. With the prison system, I think the solution lies somewhere near prisons not being a 'for profit' entity.
I could write a book about our prison system and what it needs to help better. Rehabilitation is a good concept but the money it takes and time it takes would be wasted on so many. But the system does need to identify the few that truly want to be helped and get them education and training.
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