Very great points. I’d like to know why state leaders are completely ignoring a Springfield expansion as an option. It’s modern enough and already designed for that option. Having these families and inmates themselves hours away from their former counterparts and Social atmosphere can be a major benefit to their rehabilitation.
A sole focus on Sioux Falls growth is also getting tiring for the other 250,000+ citizens of this state that are funding it.
As someone who lives near Sioux Falls, I think it's plenty big already! I admit it is nice to have the extra activities that SF offers - but the city already has those. So now let's go ahead and have those start up in other towns. No need to cram more people into one area...
Well boo-hoo-hoo for the families of the criminals, so what!!!! I care about the victims of the criminals, they matter. Every criminal out there had more thanone family member that sat and did absolutely nothing when they knew better. How many mother and grandmother sit and shed crocodile tears because he was a good bot. They knew better. Travon Martin had a rap sheet three feet long, but the liars in the media kept showing that criminal in his high school football tunic, and he barely made the team! He was a teenage thug! Micheal Brown, same thing he was a monster. George Floyd was a drug addict that threatened pregnant women! No, the families of criminals deserve nothing at all, nothing. This idiotic charity for criminals is why we have too many criminals and need more prisons.
Another SDV hypocrisy. You do not want a prison in your back yard but support criminals that need to be in prison. Pick one, either support the law and victims or support prison for the criminals you support.
Get off this small town kick for prisons. It just isn't cost effective for the taxpayers or prison families. If a prison or someone in the prisoners family gets sick, they don't have to travel to see a physician. That's a big headache and a larger cost. It is better for kids of long-term prisoners to be in a larger city that has access to the medical and mental health infrastructure and school programs able to handle their special needs. Further, housing in many small towns is extremely limited. And what about jobs for prisoners' families? Sioux Falls has lots of job openings. How many jobs are there in these small communities?
Sioux Falls organizations are set up to assist prison families and they have professional infrastructure to deal with their needs. The prison should stay in Sioux Falls, but they need to reform the whole sentencing and corrections and parole system so there is a lot less recidivism. They don't need to build a huge and expensive prison if the state gets smart about real reform.
I agree that we need to get our act together. However, I do find it interesting that you are making such strong statements about where a prison should be located. Have you lived in Florida? Do you know anything about the prisons there? Do you know anything about how they make it works and why they are so effective? I lived in one of those small towns with a prison, so I have a very good understanding of how that works and have visited many of the other small towns that have prisons. My suggestion is the DOC get a team on a plane and head to Florida and visit the small town prisons. Impressive and low recidivism. And no the cost is not out of control and there are no problems with services. I am not sure where that idea is coming from either.
I would never live in Florida. Ever. State bureaucrats getting on a plane to go to Florida? I'd say they need to sell that plane.
State bureaucrats need to read the various studies that have been done on recidivism. The studies indicate that what happens when someone is moving back into society is the critical component in reducing recidivism. In Florida these services are located in large population areas.
In my experience reading a study is rarely (never) effective for this type of thing. Florida has a low recidivism rate. Why is it bad to learn from them? Also, I am curious why you are so outspoken on these issues but you have never been there. Sadly, the information you have in highly inaccurate.
Very great points. I’d like to know why state leaders are completely ignoring a Springfield expansion as an option. It’s modern enough and already designed for that option. Having these families and inmates themselves hours away from their former counterparts and Social atmosphere can be a major benefit to their rehabilitation.
A sole focus on Sioux Falls growth is also getting tiring for the other 250,000+ citizens of this state that are funding it.
As someone who lives near Sioux Falls, I think it's plenty big already! I admit it is nice to have the extra activities that SF offers - but the city already has those. So now let's go ahead and have those start up in other towns. No need to cram more people into one area...
Well boo-hoo-hoo for the families of the criminals, so what!!!! I care about the victims of the criminals, they matter. Every criminal out there had more thanone family member that sat and did absolutely nothing when they knew better. How many mother and grandmother sit and shed crocodile tears because he was a good bot. They knew better. Travon Martin had a rap sheet three feet long, but the liars in the media kept showing that criminal in his high school football tunic, and he barely made the team! He was a teenage thug! Micheal Brown, same thing he was a monster. George Floyd was a drug addict that threatened pregnant women! No, the families of criminals deserve nothing at all, nothing. This idiotic charity for criminals is why we have too many criminals and need more prisons.
Another SDV hypocrisy. You do not want a prison in your back yard but support criminals that need to be in prison. Pick one, either support the law and victims or support prison for the criminals you support.
Get off this small town kick for prisons. It just isn't cost effective for the taxpayers or prison families. If a prison or someone in the prisoners family gets sick, they don't have to travel to see a physician. That's a big headache and a larger cost. It is better for kids of long-term prisoners to be in a larger city that has access to the medical and mental health infrastructure and school programs able to handle their special needs. Further, housing in many small towns is extremely limited. And what about jobs for prisoners' families? Sioux Falls has lots of job openings. How many jobs are there in these small communities?
Sioux Falls organizations are set up to assist prison families and they have professional infrastructure to deal with their needs. The prison should stay in Sioux Falls, but they need to reform the whole sentencing and corrections and parole system so there is a lot less recidivism. They don't need to build a huge and expensive prison if the state gets smart about real reform.
I agree that we need to get our act together. However, I do find it interesting that you are making such strong statements about where a prison should be located. Have you lived in Florida? Do you know anything about the prisons there? Do you know anything about how they make it works and why they are so effective? I lived in one of those small towns with a prison, so I have a very good understanding of how that works and have visited many of the other small towns that have prisons. My suggestion is the DOC get a team on a plane and head to Florida and visit the small town prisons. Impressive and low recidivism. And no the cost is not out of control and there are no problems with services. I am not sure where that idea is coming from either.
I would never live in Florida. Ever. State bureaucrats getting on a plane to go to Florida? I'd say they need to sell that plane.
State bureaucrats need to read the various studies that have been done on recidivism. The studies indicate that what happens when someone is moving back into society is the critical component in reducing recidivism. In Florida these services are located in large population areas.
In my experience reading a study is rarely (never) effective for this type of thing. Florida has a low recidivism rate. Why is it bad to learn from them? Also, I am curious why you are so outspoken on these issues but you have never been there. Sadly, the information you have in highly inaccurate.