http://www.nola.com/politics/index....ners.html#incart_2box_nola_river_orleans_news Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator was angry last week about the new Louisiana sentencing and parole laws going into effect on Nov. 1. The Republican sheriff held a press conference with Shreveport-area media to complain loudly that the new laws pose a threat to public safety and weren't well vetted before the Louisiana Legislatureapproved them last fall. But Prator isn't just concerned about the impact on public safety. He also appears worried about their effect on the bottom line of his office. During his Oct. 6 press conference, the sheriff didn't just complain about the so-called "bad" prisoners he thought might commit other crimes once free. He also objected to the release of the "good ones" from prison as well. "In addition to the bad ones -- in addition to them -- they are releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change the oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen -- to do all that where we save money," Prator told reporters. He described these good prisoners as "the ones you can work. That's the one that you can have pick up trash or work the police programs. But guess what? Those are the ones that they are releasing." Several criminal justice advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana were appalled by the sheriff's remarks. ------ https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/wa...d-prisoners-because-we-use-them-to-wash-cars/ Steve Prattor, the Sheriff of Caddo Parish in Louisiana, is not a fan of his state’s new criminal justice reforms that will free many prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses earlier than they had been scheduled to be released. In a press conference held this week, Prattor said that keeping some of the “good” prisoners in jail was necessary for the prisons to keep functioning because they could provide needed labor that you couldn’t get out of more violent and dangerous prisoners. “The [prisoners] that you can work, the ones that can pick up trash, the work release programs — but guess what? Those are the ones that they’re releasing!” Prattor fumed in his attack against criminal justice reforms. “In addition to the bad ones… they’re releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change the oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen… well, they’re going to let them out!” According to The Advocate, the state’s criminal justice reforms are aiming to reduce its total prison population by 10 percent by lowering the threshold for parole eligibility for nonviolent offenders. Watch the video of Prattor, posted on Twitter by Shaun King, below. SO. I guess we got the real reason they want to keep arresting and and incarcerating people at a high rate Rocket River Which is why I call it DE FACTO SLAVERY
Lmao, aint that a b****? "I don't mind the bad ones getting out but the good ones that work, they gonna let them go? This is some BS!"
A lot of people who go to jail need the discipline of a work schedule. Its part of rehabilitation They dont arrest people to wash cars. It costs money to house prisoners. They arent building Fords or IPhones or anything else in jail that would turn a profit over the costs of babysitting grown ass men Edit: when he says good ones the good prisoners get the benefit of working and getting out of the cell You think someone wants to sit in an 8x8 all day instead of getting out and moving around The free labor in jail conspiracy is soooooo stupid
Why the hell can't his officers get off there lazy arses and wash there own cars does he know how bad this makes law enforcement looks.
I talked about this in a thread about the disconnect between white and black people on certain issues My Facebook is full of educated blacks who think we actually use tax money for prisons for free labor. Its do stupid its sad Edit: even worse its denial of the problem that still too many black men get in trouble on their own
Except that he's complaining that they might actually go free (the horror!). Getting out and moving around is better than sitting in an 8x8 cell all day. Being free is better than being allowed get out and move around a bit.
I'm sure they'd love to get out of their cell to do some work (at least most of them). I am also sure they'd much rather be released from prison which is what the sheriff is complaining about. How can you not see that?
I dont think its that big of a deal. He isnt stopping them from being released. My issue though is people really believe black men are going to prison to wash cars or whatever.
He refuses to look #HackedRussianClutchfansAccount #FreePGabriel #HeAintTheSamePersonHeHasBeenHacked Rocket River
You know i saw this on television before this thread. I didn't understand the full extent of the comments. I admit the comments are bad. But its just insensitive. Nobody went to jail to wash cars and i guarantee those inmates appreciated doing something to pass the time Rocket River is the one calling this slavery. Im calling out that stupidity and lack of perspective. Next time you meet someone who spent some significant time locked up ask them if they would have appreciated washing cars. Cotton makes money still. Tobacco makes money still. That drove slavery not washing horses and buggies. Jail cost too much money to be offset by whatever prison work programs produce. They arent making flat screen televisions in Huntsville
Would it be cheaper to take the cars to Mr Car Wash or house and feed these men everyday of the week? Edit: the reason the free labor conspiracy is running rampant aside from people not wanting to be honest about the fundamental reasons so many black men end up in the justice system is the rise in the number of private prisons.
Of course you are . . .. because that is what you are paid to do . . .er. . . .. . motivated to do Rocket River #NopeStillNotPGabriel #NopeStillRussianHacker #NopeNopeNope #EarnYourPosition
Private prisons make for keeping them there for sure. But you are nuts if you don't think the system isn't biased against black men. The data is conclusive that blacks get longer sentences and more likely to be sentenced for the same crimes and criminal record as a white man.
