Thread: Protecting HIV-Positive Prisoners

Originally Posted by taxexile

make prison a place that scares them, a place that they do not want to return to, a place that makes them broil in summer and freeze in winter, that makes them beg on their knees to be released from.

open up Auschwitz again, that'll show them

Originally Posted by blue

i would not want to share a cell with an aids carrier,most are gays anyway , should make them wear an identifying armband for that condition too ..

I'll make it easier to avoid this problem, but avoiding going to jail.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

the issue is simply is that a society we want to live in doing that, making prisons concentration-camps, torturing people with fear and intimidation, beatings ect. without it being for acute reasons of protecting other prisoners or staff, does it have any reasonable purpose in form of positive results?

Well there ya go. Much better issue than just discussing non discrimination of HIV positive inmates into the general prison population.

Originally Posted by Norton

Anyway we could go on about prison conditions in the US but not really pertinent to this OP. Mods over here in Issues are a touchy lot.

I take it back. Carry on. I'll give it some thought and post later.

without it being for acute reasons of protecting other prisoners or staff, does it have any reasonable purpose in form of positive results? and the answer is no.

then why bother even arresting them if you think punishment serves no purpose.

how else are we to punish offenders, taking away their freedom is one way, but if their lives inside are full of comforts etc. then the punishment is diluted and ineffectual. i do believe that punishment must consist of hardships, otherwise there is no point. from what i have heard of uk prisons, from a couple of "friends" that have served time, they called it a holiday camp.

and do you not think that the satisfaction the victims of violent crime may get from knowing that their attackers are not free is a positive result.

to see someone who has done you wrong especially if that wrong was violent, punished, is surely a human right. what happens to victims ( those still alive that is) when they hear that their attacker is given a lenient sentence, or is allowed priviledges whilst in prison. surely the victims wishes should be taken into consideration?

There is only one sure way to keep criminals from committing crime and that is to keep them inside, but that has to be weighed against the seriousness of the crimes committed and society's willingness to effectively bury people alive for the rest of their natural life's.

i think, for violent offenders, a large proportion of society would be glad to see them put away for life, especially a second or third time offender.

Originally Posted by taxexile

i think, for violent offenders, a large proportion of society would be glad to see them put away for life, especially a second or third time offender.

The 3 strikes and you're out law, does have flaws, but it did put away some very bad violent offenders for a minimum of 25 years.