Comments on: Private prison thinking

By: geo_kiwi

geo_kiwi — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:19:18 +0000

If the government wants prison cost cutting, the best thing it can do is address the social problems that put people in there in the first place. A conservative guy I know in the U.S. told me – and this was one of the few times I have agreed with him – that if you want crime to drop, give people jobs. Ultimately if crime drops, so too will the eventual number of people in jail.

He said this with a view to getting the economy going again (he was thinking about the American economy). Job creation should be the number one priority.

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:31:04 +0000

Of course I will do here only what David allows me to to. He is the boss and so far I will have to say he is the best boss I have had in a long time!

By: RightNow

RightNow — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:28:06 +0000

Peter Freedman (101) Says:
March 15th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
If anyone wants to know who I am…blah blah blah

No, we don’t want to know, you’ve demonstrated you’re a douche bag, and exemplified your sense of self-importance over and over. You have the right of free speech, but could you fuck off and start your own blog? Sure it would only be read by you, but that’s the thing about free speech – we have the freedom not to listen as well.

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:25:09 +0000

If anyone wants to know who I am, what I have done, where I am, how to contact me will know everything I care to divulge. Including the fact that I AM A KIWI WHO LIVES IN AUSTRAlIA,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! simply by reading this blog, It is all there, folks.

Listen guys and take this in:

If you are decent to me I will be decent in return

If you decide to abuse me, expect return fire.

Take me on at your perll. I have been insulted by people far more capable than the useless harmless mob that try to dominate this blog.

I will stay here till the owner thinks I am no longer of any value. Then I will thank him, give him a wave and set off to make merry mayhem somewhere ekse.

By: Paulus

Paulus — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000

I do not think that all prisoners will get such facilities – they will have to be earned.

By: RRM

RRM — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:59:17 +0000

No, I don’t suppose he does this anywhere other than in a prison. What medication are YOU on, RRM?

BTW, what the hell have you got against dental hygiene?

Oho – I thought I was on your “ignore list”…?

Medication – what??
Peter, do you mind if I ask what industries you’ve worked in? Have you ever worked in an industry that is subjected to either (a) self-regulation by a professional body of your peers, or (b) Gubermint regulation by Gubermint inspectors?

AGAIN I must ask, do you think a private prison guard operates in a regulatory vacuum, where his work is immune from review, criticism or censure?

Dental hygiene –
I’ve got nothing the hell against dental hygiene. But when we throw our rubbish in jail for behaving badly, and they don’t take the hint and continue to behave badly while they’re in there, I just can’t get too upset if Nanny State chooses to “punish” them by taking away their toothbrushes for a night. Sorry! It’s the least that criminal dirt bags deserve!

Now, Peter… are you going to carry on with your sneering, point-scoring, smart-arse style of posting on here, or are you nearly ready to calm down and start talking to people properly?

By: mister nui

mister nui — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:23:13 +0000

Fuck me stone cold. I think this must be the first time in the history of the universe, where I agree with every line RRM has written on a post!

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:57:33 +0000

mikenmild (3,203) Says:

March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
But they’d have to buy the cigarette and make a donation to the church first, right?

This raises an important question:

If, as has been reported, only a couple of chromosomes separate us from chimpanzees, how come so many humans wake each morning and reach for a fag rather than a banana?

By: Elaycee

Elaycee — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:53:56 +0000

Johnboy says: “And pay 15c for the round.”

Love it.

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:38:51 +0000

RRM (4,295) Says:

March 14th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
RRM: as well as bringing you food, the man or his superiors will have the right to place you in solitary confinement and resort to any disciplinary procedure allowed by law. He could even take your toothbrushes away.

(1) Good!

(2) Do you suppose he does this in a regulatory vacuum, immune from review or criticism?

No, I don’t suppose he does this anywhere other than in a prison. What medication are YOU on, RRM?

BTW, what the hell have you got against dental hygiene?

By: Johnboy

Johnboy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:10:58 +0000

And pay 15c for the round.

By: mikenmild

mikenmild — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:09:45 +0000

But they’d have to buy the cigarette and make a donation to the church first, right?

By: Johnboy

Johnboy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:02:06 +0000

Providing them all with a Pastor of their choice, a last cigarette and a 9mm hollow point in the ear would seem to be far more cost efficient to me.

By: RRM

RRM — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:05:24 +0000

RRM: as well as bringing you food, the man or his superiors will have the right to place you in solitary confinement and resort to any disciplinary procedure allowed by law. He could even take your toothbrushes away.

(1) Good!

(2) Do you suppose he does this in a regulatory vacuum, immune from review or criticism?

By: pq

pq — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:03:07 +0000

cool, when I go to prison soon for incorrect thinking;
I want a view, I want a tv, a cell phone, and tim selwyn as my next door flatmate

By: RRM

RRM — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:00:29 +0000

Do some research. When you are reasonably well informed I am happy to debate this topic with you. Till then don’t waste my time.

Peter –

I like your articles that DPF posts up on here, but in person you seem to be a bit of a cock. I put it down to the fact that you are an Australian.

Your time is OBVIOUSLY very, very precious, because you’re spending it on here, reading and commenting on political forums… lol

My humblest apologies, I won’t waste any more of your precious time.

By: Daigotsu

Daigotsu — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Peter if you ignoring me means I get to ignore you then sign me the fuck up

By: davidp

davidp — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:59:29 +0000

Peter F>Do some research. When you are reasonably well informed I am happy to debate this topic with you. Till then don’t waste my time.

You’re the “I think my argument is so powerful that it’s not necessary to talk about it” guy and I claim my $5!

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:45:47 +0000

Diagotsu, My name is Peter, not Jesus Peter. But some people have suggested…….

If you want to join RRM on my ignore list just keep going, you’re almost there.

By: Peter Freedman

Peter Freedman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:42:26 +0000

No, RRM, sorry, but no. There is only one good thing about your post, it proves beyond all doubt you have never been in a prison.

If a State has any brains it will not sell a prison and that is what the word “ownership” means) it will contract out the prison. Why?

Because it believes it is just possible the contractors might muck something up so badly that the State then has to step in and reclaim occupation.

RRM: as well as bringing you food, the man or his superiors will have the right to place you in solitary confinement and resort to any disciplinary procedure allowed by law. He could even take your toothbrushes away.

Do some research. When you are reasonably well informed I am happy to debate this topic with you. Till then don’t waste my time.