PRISON BUSSES

[Weldangrind]

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When I was working as an Operations manager for a large bottled water company several years ago, a couple guys escaped from jail by climbing into the bays of a delivery truck that was being unloaded at the prison.

Prisoners get bottled water? I have to drink tap water...

Next you'll tell me that they have huge LCD televisions.

[Schtauffer]

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When I was working as an Operations manager for a large bottled water company several years ago, a couple guys escaped from jail by climbing into the bays of a delivery truck that was being unloaded at the prison.

Prisoners get bottled water? I have to drink tap water...

Next you'll tell me that they have huge LCD televisions.

And awesome gyms & workout rooms, athletic fields, libraries, chapels. . .

The punishment these days is not physical. But it is psychogical, which is often worse (depending on the individual prisoner).

[Brian Lohnes]

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Most of the prisons in Massachusetts are so old that the water is not potable in the pipes due to lead etc. The water is for the guards, support staff, etc.

They had the guys come out into a secure part of the yard and help unload the truck. We used pallets of stackable crates that one dude was able to move around to make a little hole for himself.

It was pretty weird backing the truck into the barb wire fence, having it close up and an army of prisoners come walking toward the truck. I used to give the guys in the tower with the rifles a hearty wave to let 'em know I was happy to see 'em.

Brian

[Caveman]

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There are two prisons and a juvenile facility in my hometown... Ever heard of Charles Taylor, the genocidal dictator from Liberia (I think thats where..) .. anyway, he escaped from the minimum security 'county farm' right here. :

Funny quick one:

My dad & sis were heading to a soccer game in the next town over... through an isolated part of town; they see this kid hitchhiking, and its about to rain, so they pick him up, give him a ride to the next town & drop him off.

They found out that night on the news that the kid & two others escaped from the juvenile facility. WHOOPS.

[Brad54]

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We've got a lot of prison work crews around here. No chain gangs though... White jumpsuits with "Prisoner" on the back. They pick up trash and run lawn mower tractors, etc.

The thought always crosses my mind to flip 'em off or whatever, but I drive a gray '62 Suburban and my wife drives a '2001 Dakota with black wheels and a shaker hood and a nice rumbling exhaust. Neither of these vehicles is something you can pick your nose in--EVERYBODY sees them and recognizes them. (they also keep me out of the nudie bars and adult bookstores. : )

I figure if I bug the guys on the work crew, they'd recognize the trucks after they get out, and since they already have no problem breaking the law, they'd have no problem vandalizing my stuff or worse if they happen to drive through my neighborhood and recognize them in my driveway.

I love that sherif out west who makes jail absolute hell for the convicts. Water only, pink underwear, living in tents. My favorite sentiments from him: "Our soldiers are in full battle gear and it's 130 degrees in Iraq. You're in your underwear and it's only 110 degrees here." "I eliminated their TV, but the courts said I had to provide them with television. So I put the TVs back in, but they didn't say I couldn't control what programs are on, so it's only on the weather channel: that way they know how hot it is."

I'd love to see convicts' days divided into three segments, day-in and day-out: Break rocks in the morning, take mandated school classes to get their next level of education (GED, Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Vocational) in the afternoon, sleep at night. Sundays off to study. Make them hate being in prison, and keep them too exhausted to cause trouble, and give them an education so they can at least make an attempt at being useful when they get out. Enough of the gyms, weight lifting, playing cards, easy life.

-Brad

[DanStokes]

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I've lived a life pretty much on the straight and narrow, and for a reason. If I was locked away, even for a fairly short time, I'd go absolutely nuts, and I mean that literally, not figuratively. So when I see the chain gang on the side of the road (NC has 'em) I figure A) These guys are getting punished B) If I was in their shoes, I'd much rather be on the side of I-40 than eating my toenails in my cell and C) Some useful work is getting done, which is not a bad thing. So I leave 'em alone. I hope all these folks learn to live a better life, but I know intellectually that most probably won't - too bad.

Dan

[Schtauffer]

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We've got a lot of prison work crews around here. No chain gangs though... White jumpsuits with "Prisoner" on the back. They pick up trash and run lawn mower tractors, etc.

The thought always crosses my mind to flip 'em off or whatever, but I drive a gray '62 Suburban and my wife drives a '2001 Dakota with black wheels and a shaker hood and a nice rumbling exhaust. Neither of these vehicles is something you can pick your nose in--EVERYBODY sees them and recognizes them. (they also keep me out of the nudie bars and adult bookstores. : )

I figure if I bug the guys on the work crew, they'd recognize the trucks after they get out, and since they already have no problem breaking the law, they'd have no problem vandalizing my stuff or worse if they happen to drive through my neighborhood and recognize them in my driveway.

I love that sherif out west who makes jail absolute hell for the convicts. Water only, pink underwear, living in tents. My favorite sentiments from him: "Our soldiers are in full battle gear and it's 130 degrees in Iraq. You're in your underwear and it's only 110 degrees here." "I eliminated their TV, but the courts said I had to provide them with television. So I put the TVs back in, but they didn't say I couldn't control what programs are on, so it's only on the weather channel: that way they know how hot it is."

I'd love to see convicts' days divided into three segments, day-in and day-out: Break rocks in the morning, take mandated school classes to get their next level of education (GED, Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Vocational) in the afternoon, sleep at night. Sundays off to study. Make them hate being in prison, and keep them too exhausted to cause trouble, and give them an education so they can at least make an attempt at being useful when they get out. Enough of the gyms, weight lifting, playing cards, easy life.

-Brad

X2, but it won't happen. Too many people confused on the definitions of human rights and humane punishment.

[AllenK]

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My wife and I and my Dad attended a stock car race in Louisiana in October. When we were coming home,we stopped for gas and snacks right by I-20. Two big tour busses full of prisoners pulled up,and I think they had a smaller van also. It was almost 2 in the morning too. I had never seen anything like that. I've seen small vans,but not tour busses full. I thought moving them at that hour was weird too. I don't know where they were from or where they were going.

We ate a burger from a truck stop last Friday night,and officers from Virginia were extraditing a male and a female. They had like 5 officers and a matron in 3 cop cars for the two prisoners. It was pretty wild to see a guy in shackles being led across a parking lot.

I realize some folks are imprisoned wrongly,but I say if you can't do the time then don't do the crime. I don't think jail should be a vacation resort either.

[Scott Liggett]

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They are pretty easy to spot in Cali. They look like a Greyhound bus with the exception of the blacked out and bars on the windows. It also says California Dept of Corrections on the side. LA County Sheriff has one as well to move prisoners as well. I've seen it as far north as Folsom Prison.

[Fordplay0621]

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I still remember driving by a Prison Bus, and my Son yelling out the Window:

" DADDY"!

I almost drove off the road laughing my A off.

[Junk Whisperer]

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:D ;D. JW/OO6.

[MikeC]

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The way I see it, if you don't have the balls to do it to their face one on one, find some other place for your finger. That's high school crap.

[457Brodix]

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I see "Hemi" was on a "Rampage" last night wanting to crush 55 Chevies and giving the finger to prison buses. We aren't allowed to do that here in Illinois, our Governors might be riding on them. "Illinois, where our Governors make our License Plates!"

[Brian Lohnes]

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That's A material Phil....HA!

They gonna give that dude his comb in the clink?

Brian

[HEMI]

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I see "Hemi" was on a "Rampage" last night wanting to crush 55 Chevies and giving the finger to prison buses. We aren't allowed to do that here in Illinois, our Governors might be riding on them. "Illinois, where our Governors make our License Plates!"


Rampage?Nope, just don't like'm ,having lived with one since new.