{"id":1857,"date":"2012-10-22T09:17:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T13:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2020-07-27T12:14:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:14:17","slug":"2012-10-22-gandhi-would-have-been-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/2012-10-22-gandhi-would-have-been-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi Would Have Been Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indefinite Solitude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California prisoners finally start to eat again as a week-long hunger strike draws to an end.\u00a0 Approximately 200 inmates between two California prisons refused to eat in protest to new regulations being proposed for higher-security in prisons.<\/a>\u00a0 One of the concepts being considered to highten security levels is to increase\u00a0solitary confinement to span as long as decades.\u00a0 Prison officials believe that the only way to effectively disban gangs in prison is to physically seperate the prisoners.\u00a0 Keeping prisoners in solitary confinement is their most effective (only way) of keeping inmates from fraternizing.<\/p>\n

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I understand prisoners\u00a0don’t have many options when it comes to boycotting, but eating…really?\u00a0 Their bargaining\u00a0chip (no pun intended) was doomed to fail.\u00a0 These prisoners\u00a0need to\u00a0find more stable footing on their stance against prolonged solitary confinement if they hope to fight this inhumane proposal.\u00a0 However, even though\u00a0their method was flawed, at least they were still able to\u00a0bring awareness to the issue.\u00a0 It’s hard for me to side with convicted criminals, but my\u00a0stance on this issue is motivated by\u00a0my concern for society.\u00a0 Eventually some of these prisoners will be released back into the world.\u00a0 Our prison system has failed horribly at rehabilitating criminals and preparing them to lead productive lives outside of prison which\u00a0is why the return rate of prisoners is so high in this country.<\/p>\n

Extended\u00a0solitary confinement\u00a0is an inhumane and cruel method of punishment\u00a0that can alter the sanity of people who are likely already imbalanced.\u00a0 Instead of locking\u00a0prisoners away\u00a0indefinitely\u00a0we need to come up with a system that can set them on a new, more productive path.\u00a0 I can’t imagine this solitary confinement punishment\u00a0yielding\u00a0positive results.\u00a0 It seems to me like California prisons are taking the easy way out without thinking this through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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