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Didn't think it would be long. Not defending Bridger but personally I do have a problem with the motive for these high profile prison attacks. I don't think a convicted criminal is a suitable agent of punishment.
I would totally get it if this attack had been carried out by a member of Aprils family. Very few crimes are victimless and no doubt the convict that carried out this attack has left a wake of them in his past.
Do you think that these attacks are often carried out to gain notoriety amongst cell mates rather than from a genuine disgust at people like Bridger, Huntley, Sutcliffe et al ?
Maybe less high profile convicts do also get attacked based on what crimes they have committed but it just doesn't make the papers?
Didn't think it would be long. Not defending Bridger but personally I do have a problem with the motive for these high profile prison attacks. I don't think a convicted criminal is a suitable agent of punishment.
I would totally get it if this attack had been carried out by a member of Aprils family. Very few crimes are victimless and no doubt the convict that carried out this attack has left a wake of them in his past.
Do you think that these attacks are often carried out to gain notoriety amongst cell mates rather than from a genuine disgust at people like Bridger, Huntley, Sutcliffe et al ?
Maybe less high profile convicts do also get attacked based on what crimes they have committed but it just doesn't make the papers?
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In 2011 the prisoner population was around 86,000 and 15,500 assault incidents were recorded.
Notoriety in attacks on high profile prisoners are most certainly a factor, but given the general proliferation, it probably comes down to being stuck with a load of people you hate on a daily basis. It would surely happen on Big Brother eventually.
We only get to hear about (a) High profile attacks, and (b) Particularly gruesome ones (throats slashed etc).
Notoriety in attacks on high profile prisoners are most certainly a factor, but given the general proliferation, it probably comes down to being stuck with a load of people you hate on a daily basis. It would surely happen on Big Brother eventually.
We only get to hear about (a) High profile attacks, and (b) Particularly gruesome ones (throats slashed etc).
So what do you see. That our prisons are now training grounds for criminals, This is only an echo of similar expressions made in many parts of the world. And there is much truth to this statement, for there is little evidence that prison life really reforms prisoners. Some even argue that violent punishment increases a criminal’s hostility, making his reformation more difficult. Indeed, many criminals admit that while in prison they learn more about committing crime.
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