07-05-2017, 06:28 AM
Agree fully on keeping the violent ones locked up. But a large percent of inmates, perhaps 80%, are non-violent offenders: theft and drug offenses. These are candidates for bracelets.
lquade's point is the big debate here: do you have some sort of incapacitation function in the monitoring system? (One idea, wild perhaps, is that inmates wear large magnets on each ankle that are turned on only at a signal. Then they cannot walk. (am unaware of technological feasibility here) Some pretty smart people are working on this whole topic.
Current prison conditions are often bad. People overcrowded in tiny cages for years, use of solitary confinement, prison rape. Almost any system that allows inmates to be out and about would be favored by inmates, even if it was highly restrictive. The complaints will come from civil libertarians and prison unions (loss of jobs).
The concept would probably involve inmates living in a open prison, somewhat akin to military barracks. They are allowed out from say 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to work. Backing up this system is a conventional prison where work inmates who violate rules get sent back to. That facility needs to be pretty harsh in terms of (lack of) amenities to serve as a deterrent. Inmate outcomes must alway be controlled by punishment for violations.
lquade's point is the big debate here: do you have some sort of incapacitation function in the monitoring system? (One idea, wild perhaps, is that inmates wear large magnets on each ankle that are turned on only at a signal. Then they cannot walk. (am unaware of technological feasibility here) Some pretty smart people are working on this whole topic.
Current prison conditions are often bad. People overcrowded in tiny cages for years, use of solitary confinement, prison rape. Almost any system that allows inmates to be out and about would be favored by inmates, even if it was highly restrictive. The complaints will come from civil libertarians and prison unions (loss of jobs).
The concept would probably involve inmates living in a open prison, somewhat akin to military barracks. They are allowed out from say 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to work. Backing up this system is a conventional prison where work inmates who violate rules get sent back to. That facility needs to be pretty harsh in terms of (lack of) amenities to serve as a deterrent. Inmate outcomes must alway be controlled by punishment for violations.