Superintendents or principals who fail to comply with the law would have their contracts terminated under the proposal.
The goal is to "show them that crime doesn’t pay," Green said. "We have a lot of forks in the road in our lives. One bad decision can ruin a young person’s entire life. Showing them the consequences might be enough to deter them from taking that wrong turn." ...
"School people are wondering who would bear the costs," (Green) said. "Schools are already under a tight crunch for money as it is to provide education. Added costs that will probably be the biggest deterrent in passage of the bill."
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
SENDING YOUR KIDS TO PRISON
A Missouri state senator wants to do just that. Tim Green, a Democrat from St. Louis, is pushing a bill that would force public school to take all ninth-grade students to a state prison. According to Show-Me News:
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Given that Joplin seventh grader Thomas White is being tried as an adult, it seems they should start those tours in elementary school.
Or hell, let's just lock them up from birth. We can let the good ones out later ...
Handing out free condoms doesn't work either...isn't that sorta like a "scared straight" program?
But Crime does pay and pay big! Look at all the saleries of the police, lawyers, courts, judges, bail bondsmen, contruction workers to build ever bigger prisons, prison guards, collect call fees for relatives of prisoners, the companies able to exploit prison labor, etc....Yes, Crime does pays....
Sorry, Anon 2:07, but your ignorance is showing. Salaries for most law enforcement officers at the local level are pathetically low. Most judges, with the exception of those on the federal bench, earn far less than their attorney peers who maintain even the most modest volume of work in private practices. You wouldn't happen to be on parole, or maybe writing from a cell block somewhere, would you?
I can see some angry parents over this one. Me included. Stupid idea.
Checked the US Dept of Labor site and found that the mean wages of those I cited are still way above the mean salaries in the Ozarks so I stand by my statement that Crime pays but not for criminals but for the Criminal Industry
And heaven knows the U.S. Department of Labor is a credible source.
I think anon @ 2:07 brings up a pretty good point while anon @ 2:16 seems to be missing the larger point.
If we look at crime and prevention of crime and the ensuing criminal justice system as whole I think the figures would be pretty astounding. How much do we spend every year on private security forces, locks on our doors? The list goes on. And isn't the county making noises about the need for increased space in our jail facility?
Greene County spent roughly $16,000,000 on law enforcement (courts, jails, prosecutors office, etc.) in 2004. This excludes what the city of Springfield spent for similar services. We're only a small burg of 200,000 out of a country of 300,000,000.
Whether Green's proposal has merit is debatable, the fact that we devote massive financial resources towards law enforcement isn't.
If anyone is still reading this thread here is some additional info.
US prison population to add 200,000 convicts by 2011
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