I also worked at a private prison, so I have some knowledge about the day-to-day of prison life. A comment was made in a recent letter stating that serving inmates peanut butter and jelly would cause a riot. Since when should we care what inmates like?
I witnessed inmates being able to play volleyball, handball, basketball, lift weights, do woodworking, go to school on our dime, take computer classes, etc.
I witnessed special religious diets being afforded to Muslims.
They have cable television, access to a commissary, access to church services - and the list goes on. And people wonder why inmates don't fear prison.
I have the perfect solution. Take away everything!
Implement a policy that says the only thing they are allowed out of their cells for is to do backbreaking work. If they don't want to work, they sit in their cell all day, every day. No more newspapers or magazines. No more phone calls, and if they act up, no visitation.
If they riot, that is what pepper foggers and other forms of gas delivery systems are for.
If they are all locked up, they can't riot in the first place.
Rusty Lamar
Amarillo