Yeah. Too many softies.

When you go to prison for murder what rights do yo think you have? You have deprived someone else of the biggest right and they cannot sue to get it back. I don't care if you cannot sleep or see the sunshine. I agree that the cure for your mental illness is a nice injection. One shot and all of your problems (and ours) go away. And don't give me this BS that injections are cruel and inhumane. If you beat your victim with a bat I think you should get the same punishment. So giving you a shot is nothing hell tell them its a flu shot. Also we put our dearest animals to sleep to save their suffering. So I say get old sparkey out dust it off and lets get cracking. Oh thats right Wisconsin has no balls for capital punishment. Texas of course has the fast lane and they are damn good at it. If you wanted to be comfortable in prison you should have become a politician then you could go to the country club.

It is amazing that the state will spend money to improve conditions of a PRISON, but continue to cut money for SCHOOLS. Seems backwards to me...

I know Schumacher. He murdered his victem with a baseball bat then tried to burn the place down to cover the evidence.

It still amazes me that prisoners are allowed to sue! when you go to prison you have no RIGHTS period, you are a menace to society, what do you people do not understand! people are stooping as low as getting arrested so than can have a triple bypass surgery and the state will pay. free housing, free food, warm bed, medical, the only difference than this from public housing is the Bars around you. You also can get a college education in prison, got to love the liberals.

Seriously, they do not deserve any upgrades or favorable conditions! They committed a crime and violated someone's basic rights. So they should have no rights! There is no such thing as rehabilitation, so throw they key and take away any items of comfort!

I find it appalling that the government makes "life easier" for those convicted felons and they cut the Medicare for people like my father who is very ill and needs medicines and physical/occupational therapy after having suffered a heart attack. My Mom relies on us "kids" to help out with prescriptions and specialized equipment that my Dad needs. This just plain sucks.

Chain gangs, landfill sorting, and sewer cleaning. Lots of exercise, wide open spaces and 'fresh' air. I'm telling you, stop reinventing the wheel and keep things simple.

I'd rather they be better people when they leave prison, not worse.
I'm just sayin'...

More liberal left leaning European type crap from the UK. Leave the Brits, with their own problems, out of our business.
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If you do the crime, do the time and if you still can't behave, well, to effen bad!

You've got to be kidding! Life isn't supposed to be EASY for criminals in prison. Prison is supposed to be a punishment. That is what's wrong with the criminal justice system.

My thought is to provide them with a 5x10 cell and leave them locked in it 24/7. They chose to break the law even though they knew the consequences could lead to prison. Prison is no longer a deterrent in crime. It's a family reunion of sorts for many, where they meet up with either biological, criminal or associated "family". An overhaul is needed. But not to make it more comfortable for criminals.

The punishment model is popular, but there's no basis for it working in the sense that it needs to -- inmates who are released need at least an improved opportunity to return to functional society rather than a life of crime. Otherwise the entire point is lost.
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As it is the supermax approach is all about control rather than any rehabilitative approach, and is really an abject failure as a prison model, except in the affections of the public.
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"Supermax prisons – large prisons designed for holding prisoners in strict and prolonged solitary confinement – officially operate to protect society from its most violent and dangerous criminals but in reality are also used to house petty non-violent offenders and the mentally ill. Those who aren't mentally ill on entering supermax prisons often become so, some after quite short periods of time, and the mental trauma caused by the extreme conditions can lead to individuals, most of whom will be released back into the community, becoming more damaged and aggressive rather than less of a threat to society."
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/newsA...

Of course I am not aware or privy to the facts regarding the crimes that these inmates perpetrated against their innocent victims, but I would venture to guess that they have been treated far better than they treated their victims. It is interesting that they feel that it sucks when the tables are turned. I have no sympathy. I guess that makes me no better than them. Oh, wait, I'm not in jail! That's strange.

Isn't jail supposed to suck?

Hmmmmm, they ended up in that situation because they violated prison rules. Sounds to me that they could have avoided this by following the rules. If you choose the behavior...you choose the consequences. Unless you sue, then you get to break the rules and receive upgrades.