A heat wave that has consistently pushed temperatures well above 100 degrees across much of Texas this summer had family members of inmates on Tuesday calling for lawmakers to ensure that all of the state’s prisons are fully air conditioned.
A heat wave that has consistently pushed temperatures well above 100 degrees across much of Texas this summer had family members of inmates on Tuesday calling for lawmakers to ensure that all of the state’s prisons are fully air conditioned.
I truly don’t understand why most of my fellow Texans feel that way. I’d be much more interested in a system that takes efforts to honestly rehabilitate folks, rather than simply punish them for wrongdoing.
Most people haven’t spoken to anyone who’s been through the prison system. They have no idea what it’s like and what a good prison system looks like.
Racism
Because they believe that people end up in prison because of personal moral and character flaws, and they consider that a desirable state of affairs.
Because they’re awful people.