Insanity vs. Guilt Part II...

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Upon conviction of a crime, any criminal sentenced to slavery becomes the property of the governing body claiming jurisdiction for the crime...This differs from existing sentencing in that the convict is no longer treated as human with such rights attending, but as property to be maintained and housed by its owner until deemed suitable to be returned to society as a human being...

This will necessarily require many changes in penal thinking and prison management, many of which will not be immediately acceptable nor understood by current corrections professionals...Many will say the space requirements don't exist for the present prison populations, much less any additional...

That problem begins to vanish with the introduction of a new schedule in which all prisoners share facilities in shifts...Detainees are given eight hours each day in which to perform personal hygiene, prepare their bedding and sleep...Each bed is shared in shifts by three inmates...

The remainder of each day will be devoted to work, education, feeding, exercise, devotional or meditation, scheduled visitations, attention to medical needs and supervised movement between activities...Any needs not already anticipated can be fitted to a prisoner's timetable by submission of request and subject to approval...

It should be noted that those incarcerated have no right to objection to the usage of the time spent in custody...The jurisdiction answerable for custody will have taken all responsibility for the care, control and maintenance of health for the property in its assignment...Property has no guarantee of rights just as the property management has no excuse for abuse or neglect of its authority...

The purpose of the correctional facility is to punish a criminal by denying free use of time, use that time to correct behavior, and return the individual to a society which expects all aberrant activity to have ceased its existence...This can only be done in volume if the offender no longer enjoys human rights, but becomes property under sentence of slavery, the maintenance and well being of which is performed by its property manager...

Done correctly, the end product will be able to be returned to human status ready to assume the rights and responsibilities enjoyed by all other free people...The idea being that such punishment will have implanted the knowledge not only of what caused this interruption of productive life, but the desire never to return to the events that caused it...

Some will rightly say that this concept still leaves open the possibility of false imprisonment by incompetent or corrupt officials, as well as the hazard of mistreatment and abuse by negligent, neglectful or untrustworthy corrections employees...Such hazards must be addressed by rules that, if ignored, can result in discipline leading to loss of employment, or even incarceration of those in public trust if warranted...

Each member in public employment entrusted with the justice procedures must be accountable for any action or neglect which might lead to abuse of property held in trust to be returned to the public...The employee must understand that should the action or inaction be so severe or flagrant, that employee may be in danger of charges leading to conviction and punishment just as harsh as that dealt to the property in question...

Then where does capital punishment fit into a justice system where mental condition is no longer a factor, and offenders are considered the property of the entity having jurisdiction over the offense...Not much will change except the length of time between sentencing and execution of sentence...

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