tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11936017.post1055410589269481952..comments2023-10-24T03:07:36.548-07:00Comments on The Canadian Pun'd it: Carrots for PrisonersMiss Ernsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16987573141388911179noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11936017.post-40651738977563493672011-02-01T12:32:23.572-08:002011-02-01T12:32:23.572-08:00I hate the faint hope concept. My understanding i...I hate the faint hope concept. My understanding is that it's key effect is the pacification of prisoners by creating a reason for good behavior. My understanding is also that this in not for the benefit of prisoners, but for the benefit of guards and prison staff by making the prisoners easy to manage.<br /><br />Our 'justice' system has not changed in thousands of years. It is still large, burly/armed folks enforcing their will on the rest of us. The oracle deciding guilt and innocence is now called 'forensics' (which can't even get fingerprinting right 80% of the time !). It is what we have, not what we need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com