76-yr old man executed in California

[geezerbob]

Pira, I agree. I worked at the worst prison in our system for a couple of years, the one where inmates got sent when they messed up at one of the other ones. On the night shift, we had 35 people when everybody showed up. Of that number, six were in the towers, one was locked in the armory, one walked the yard, one was a key runner, two were locked in death row, and the supervisor stayed busy with paperwork. That left 23 unarmed officers to manage 1200 inmates. So much for who was actually running things.

We had a notorious serial killer on death row who managed to kill another inmate plus arrange for the killing a a couple of witnesses against him while he was locked in solitary for 23 hours a day. He was finally executed and nobody was exactly sad to see him go.

After the idealist here works in corrections and gets a dose of the real world, I would really like to hear his suggestions for fixing the system then.

After he gets the penal system fixed, he can tackle the judicial system that allows a bleeding heart judge to free a convicted killer on a technicality. After that, we can talk about the death penalty.

I remember a time when if you were in a downtown alley after dark, you had darned well better be unloading a truck. The cops would tell you to stop one time, then start shooting, no matter what they suspected you of doing. There was much less crime when the victims had the rights, not the criminals.

 

[Al_Masetti]

geezerbob:

Pira, I agree. I worked at the worst prison in our system for a couple of years, the one where inmates got sent when they messed up at one of the other ones. On the night shift, we had 35 people when everybody showed up. Of that number, six were in the towers, one was locked in the armory, one walked the yard, one was a key runner, two were locked in death row, and the supervisor stayed busy with paperwork. That left 23 unarmed officers to manage 1200 inmates. So much for who was actually running things.

We had a notorious serial killer on death row who managed to kill another inmate plus arrange for the killing a a couple of witnesses against him while he was locked in solitary for 23 hours a day. He was finally executed and nobody was exactly sad to see him go.

After the idealist here works in corrections and gets a dose of the real world, I would really like to hear his suggestions for fixing the system then.

After he gets the penal system fixed, he can tackle the judicial system that allows a bleeding heart judge to free a convicted killer on a technicality. After that, we can talk about the death penalty.

I remember a time when if you were in a downtown alley after dark, you had darned well better be unloading a truck. The cops would tell you to stop one time, then start shooting, no matter what they suspected you of doing. There was much less crime when the victims had the rights, not the criminals.

Can you or some other poster comment on the validity or lack there of, of the alleged Spanish system of incarceration?

Supposedly, prisoners are confined to a large roomy cell for 24/7 until their term is served. If they are found outside their cell, they are shot on sight.

Does anyone have any information on that system?

Urban myth or real?

 

[geezerbob]

Al Masetti:

Can you or some other poster comment on the validity or lack there of, of the alleged Spanish system of incarceration?

Supposedly, prisoners are confined to a large roomy cell for 24/7 until their term is served. If they are found outside their cell, they are shot on sight.

Does anyone have any information on that system?

Urban myth or real?

The latest info on the Spanish penal system that I found was 12 years old. As of 1993, the system had about 30,000 beds and 33,000 inmates, making the situation you describe highly unlikely unless a lot of construction was completed during the past 12 years. Perhaps Franze or another poster from Spain will read your question and comment.