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Why is it seemingly so hard to get a meth head put in prison?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:10 pm
I thought of this after the comment in the baby left in the mountains thread about the effect that meth addicts are having on rural, white communities.
I know of some locals who go to jail over and over and over for possession, cooking, and burglary. They always seem to be right back out, no matter what the charge, and they continue right on with the same behavior, without fail. Those in law enforcement, law, or other fields that deal with these people, why is it so hard to put them in prison?
I know of some locals who go to jail over and over and over for possession, cooking, and burglary. They always seem to be right back out, no matter what the charge, and they continue right on with the same behavior, without fail. Those in law enforcement, law, or other fields that deal with these people, why is it so hard to put them in prison?
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Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:11 pm to High C
Because liberals.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:12 pm to High C
White people do meth. Duh
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:17 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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White people do meth. Duh
And case my house and steal my shite. Duh.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:18 pm to High C
Are you suggesting life in prison for drug use? Seems a bit harsh to me.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:18 pm to High C
Gotta rehabilitate baw
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:19 pm to Barstools
I am suggesting that.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:19 pm to High C
Because warehousing nonviolent offenders is too expensive and not practical with the jail and prison system we currently have.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:22 pm to Barstools
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Are you suggesting life in prison for drug use? Seems a bit harsh to me.
Where did I say life? This isn't just some people who smoke a little weed or do some recreational coke. It's a lifestyle, and it affects the entire community that they live in with the associated crime that goes with the lifestyle.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:22 pm to High C
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And case my house and steal my shite. Duh.
Stop being a pussy and fricking shoot them.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:23 pm to High C
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And case my house and steal my shite. Duh.
This is why drugs need to be legal. Treat drug use and addiction as a public health issue, not a crime. That way addicts won't have to pile up actual crimes on top of the real problem they need to fix.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:32 pm to High C
Because Louisiana is in the middle ground of "harsh on drugs" and "treat drugs a a health/rehabilitative issue and not crime." We're going with shorter sentences, but it doesn't really matter because they turn right back around and show up for a new charge AND probation violations the second go around.
We need to do as Texas, when we have the funds, and invest HEAVILY in actual rehabilitation (for drug cases, which I'll guess are the plurality of crimes in Louisiana). That should reduce long-term crime, which eventually saves money on the prison system and recidivism alike.
Also, your local law enforcement may be ticky-tacky going after small-time drug USERS and not actual DEALERS. It looks good to make arrests for their re-elections but doesn't actually stymie the problem of drug dealing, and it sticks users with addiction in jail, which does them no good other than a detox until they get out and get back on the stuff.
We need to do as Texas, when we have the funds, and invest HEAVILY in actual rehabilitation (for drug cases, which I'll guess are the plurality of crimes in Louisiana). That should reduce long-term crime, which eventually saves money on the prison system and recidivism alike.
Also, your local law enforcement may be ticky-tacky going after small-time drug USERS and not actual DEALERS. It looks good to make arrests for their re-elections but doesn't actually stymie the problem of drug dealing, and it sticks users with addiction in jail, which does them no good other than a detox until they get out and get back on the stuff.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:35 pm to High C
Because marijuana addicts are far more dangerous.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:37 pm to brucevilanch
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Stop being a pussy and fricking shoot them.
This really needs to happen more. That's the only way you will get true justice.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:38 pm to Barbellthor
The druugie revolving door system is necessary to keep law enforcement, judges, lawyers, probation officers, clerical, etc, etc, on the taxpayers payroll. It's an economy unto itself.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:39 pm to High C
Cause meth heads are white
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:43 pm to High C
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Why is it seemingly so hard to get a meth head put in prison?
Because all of the meth prisons are full?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:44 pm to High C
Why?
Because people bitch that felons are being incarcerated for "just drugs."
In the last year alone, changes made by the State legislature have made "good time" for drug offenders at 25%. Meaning, if you get a 10 year sentence for heroin, you only do 2.5 years. They also gutted the probation and parole system so that now a person can only be on probation for a 3 year maximum, and that three years you get day-for-day credit, so you really only do 18 months of probation.
Because people bitch that felons are being incarcerated for "just drugs."
In the last year alone, changes made by the State legislature have made "good time" for drug offenders at 25%. Meaning, if you get a 10 year sentence for heroin, you only do 2.5 years. They also gutted the probation and parole system so that now a person can only be on probation for a 3 year maximum, and that three years you get day-for-day credit, so you really only do 18 months of probation.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:44 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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That way addicts won't have to pile up actual crimes on top of the real problem they need to fix.
They'd still rob people to get cash to afford their next fix though
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:56 pm to VADawg
This is a ez one ! You or I get pulled over for speeding,inspection sticker out,no seatbelt,& so on . We take the ticket pay it and be dun . Methhead gets hooked up for theft or drugs they say take me to jail feed me doctor me keep me for a few weeks then let me out. Repeat repeat repeat
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