Why is it inhumane

[Bengalzona]

(03-20-2016, 02:23 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The desire to make prisoners subject to hard labor is exactly like the desire to boil a woman to death for her crime.  Both are based on emotion rather than logic.

Some people don't care what works.  All they want is something that satisfies their primitive desires.

I'm no Sheriff Joe fan (Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio). But I will say one thing: his "chain gangs" (in quotes because there are no chains as such) do an excellent job of cleaning trash off of the roads throughout the county. It is menial work, but not hard labor. The prisoners are non-violent offenders with good prison records who are there voluntarily to knock time off of their sentences. They treat them well while they are working with water, food, breaks, etc. Joe has had a couple of programs like that that appear to work and not be over the top. Unfortunately, he has some other policies I don't agree with.

I don't think you will find cleaner roadsides in any county in the nation.