That’s why hard labor needs to come back. Once they got rid of that prison became an extended away camp for violent, overgrown children. I worked for TDCJ for a few years. One of the units I worked was a transition unit, where they sent parole violators (90 days max) instead of sending them back for the remainder of their sentence. Some inmates got hurt (broke something and couldn’t work) and they purposely got violated back in so they could get free medical. Had lots of epileptics and diabetes patients because they couldn’t get straight long enough to get a decent job that would cover their medical bills. I saw the same one three times, each time he had the same reason. A nagging wife that he didn’t want to divorce or end up hurting, so he would go smoke some weed, piss hot and come back for a 90 day cool off. The long term units were full of lazy fucks that had zero drive to control their own lives. It is a fucking joke. No one fears prison anymore, they just hate the loss of movement they end up with due to being incarcerated.
That’s why hard labor needs to come back. Once they got rid of that prison became an extended away camp for violent, overgrown children. I worked for TDCJ for a few years. One of the units I worked was a transition unit, where they sent parole violators (90 days max) instead of sending them back for the remainder of their sentence. Some inmates got hurt (broke something and couldn’t work) and they purposely got violated back in so they could get free medical. Had lots of epileptics and diabetes patients because they couldn’t get straight long enough to get a decent job that would cover their medical bills. I saw the same one three times, each time he had the same reason. A nagging wife that he didn’t want to divorce or end up hurting, so he would go smoke some weed, piss hot and come back for a 90 day cool off. The long term units were full of lazy fucks that had zero drive to control their own lives. It is a fucking joke. No one fears prison anymore, they just hate the loss of movement they end up with due to being incarcerated.