Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Humane Prison?



Research the prison conditions during the 1930’s, specifically the living conditions and treatment of the prisoners.  What is your opinion about prisoner treatment during this time period?

36 comments:

  1. In the 1930's the black and poor people would get longer jail time then the white people

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  2. The prison in the 1930s were worse then the prison we have now. The prisons in the 1930s were dirtier, harder, more violent and more people could kill each other's.

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  3. In the 1930's persons had different groups of people group one thru four group one was the most harmful. Black people had more time so they can work more

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  4. Colored people had longer life sentence than white people did. They had to do hand labor and work in the fields. Back then the prisoners wore white and black stripe suits. The food was not good, and if you were sick you were on your own.

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  5. Prisons in the 1930s were more worse back then they were dirty,violent also black people were treated different then the whites.

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    1. How were they blacks treated from the blacks

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  6. If they worked hard sometimes they will put shows fore them.they had nasty food little food and little room.

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  7. They worked the prisoners, they didn't pay them, they
    Kept black people longer then white people, they beat them if they felt like beating them. They didn't get good food, and their living conditions were terrible, the warden got to keep all the money too.

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  8. I don't think prisoners should be treated like that, I feel like if you're gonna lock someone up you need to give them a chance to get a job in there earn a little bit of money and buy things. The prisons now are like that but the system is crazy, they're over flowing and they're getting rid of everyone they can as long as they aren't a violent offender

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  9. They beat them and they kept the black people longer then the white people

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  10. The prisoners were put to break stone and build thing they were not payed at all if you were African American the kept you longer in jail than the white people

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  11. They were treated with no respect and beaten for nothing.

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  12. Many of the prisons, were evil,and cruel to the prisoners. There were a lot of families that were broken because of blacks going into the jail longer than white people, When sometimes the white person deserved to be in the jail longer.

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    1. That is mean that only black get more time then white.

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  13. If you got sent to jail it's your problem because you probably did something wrong. But they should at least get a chance and get money for working. They also got treated horrible they got beat. they're wasn't really rich people.

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  14. They maid the people in jail work hard manual labor with no pay also they maid the black people work harder and longer.

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  15. They would take the prisoners and have them make money for the warden and who ever is paying the warden to make his property.

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  16. The prison was very different then, now we are more easy then, then. Then they had to work now we jest sit in a prison cell. Sorry for all the "then's"

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  17. Some prison where very cruel to the prisoner they barely had food and hard labor.Also black people stay in longer than the white people because it was free labored and racism

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  18. Well no it wasn't right what they had to do. But they did there crime they sort of deserve it. If it was me right there I wold have to do it.

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  19. The prisons should be treated right because evry body should be treated the same yes they are in their for a reason
    Not finished

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  20. I do not think that the prison people should be treated that way in the 1930's because they had to go to the streets and break rocks with a ax. Then they always had to wear chains. They were more black people than white people in prison.

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  21. The prisons had three times more black inmates then white inmates and so at this time they were very racist back then and they made them work a lot harder

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  22. It was not right because they work the whole time and their three breakers were only 30 to 1 hour break. It is also different compare to what we have now.

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  23. Black and Mexican prisoners had the worst job in the 1930s.

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  24. They beat them and kept the black people longer then the white...

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  25. In the 1930's Prisons were not the same as today's . During the 1930's a lot of people were races because of that there was 3 times as much blacks than whites In prison. I think our prisons should be more like how they were back in the day then how they are now. I believe this should happen because there is a lot of people going to jail/ prison and liking it because of the luxury they have in there.

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  26. I think that they should stay this way because they used to treat them like slaves and did not even feed them, and they didn't let them defend themselves.

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  27. I think the old prison are better because the hard work now the new ones people like thoughts

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  28. Also I think it's better now because back than they will kill you without knowing if your innocent or not

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  29. I think the prison today are good because they treat dad people how they are suppose to be treated.

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