ACLU OBJECTIONS TO THE DEATH PENALTY

Much to the surprise of many who, logically, would assume that shortening someone’s life should be cheaper than paying for it until natural expiration, it turns out that it is actually cheaper to imprison someone for life than to execute them. In fact, it is almost 10 times cheaper!

It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The death penalty is discriminatory. It is often used against the most vulnerable in society, including the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and people with mental disabilities. Some governments use it to silence their opponents.

• Capital punishment is cruel and unusual.
• Capital punishment denies due process of law.
• The death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.
• The death penalty is not a viable form of crime control.
• Capital punishment wastes limited resources.

The reason prisoners are on death row so long is that they are exhausting all of their possible appeals and requests for clemency and whatever other legal avenue they have. And the appeals process takes a long time – often many years. In many states the first appeal is automatic.

Some cases with strong evidence of innocence include: Carlos DeLuna (Texas, convicted 1983, executed 1989) Ruben Cantu (Texas, convicted 1985, executed 1993) Larry Griffin (Missouri, convicted 1981, executed 1995)

Eighty-five percent of 5 years is 4.25 years or 4 years and 3 months.

Under state law, California must pay those wrongfully convicted $140 for each day they spent behind bars — about $1 million in Caldwell’s case. But receiving that money requires them first to prove to a state board that they are “more likely than not” innocent of the crime.

Sex, affection, physical freedom, access to favorite foods, books, drugs, movies, etc. I missed privacy greatly ( everything is censored, and you are always under the eyes of the guards, one way or another.) I can only speak for my own prison experience, now shrouded in the distant past.

As soon as you arrive at the prison all your personal possessions are taken off you and put into storage until you are released. Includes cash, credit cards, phone, keys, wallet / purse everything. Usually even you clothes & shoes are taken and you are given ‘prison uniform’ to wear.

Sending Photos to Inmates In most prisons, you can send up to five photos with a letter, but they must be the right size. You cannot send polaroids to inmates whatever facility they are in. Another important rule is that prisoners may not be sent photos of themselves, even as a part of a family picture.

7 Ways to Help Your Loved One in Prison

1. Keep us in your life.
2. Don’t hesitate to talk to us about your great and exciting times.
3. Share your troubles.
4. Send pictures of home.
5. Remember our birthday.
6. Every now and then, make us feel like a rock star at mail call.
7. Engage our brains.

The rules on this vary based on the facility, but usually an inmate in federal or state prison can buy a small television for their bunk. The prison issued short coaxial cables so you could plug into the cable, which was paid for by fundraisers.

People find all sorts of ways to pass the time in prison. Many read; others write. Prisoners incessantly play cards, work out in their cells, watch TV, or work. A few prisons have programs allowing inmates to make and sell handicrafts, while most make educational experiences available.

Phones get stashed in ceilings, walls, and inside toilets. Many times the cell is in common areas. Kitchens, libraries, yards, work stations. Other places they hide are inside of hollowed out books or legal briefs.

To be eligible to receive the stimulus checks, people who are incarcerated must be U.S. citizens and cannot be listed as dependents on someone else’s tax form. Those who are eligible also must file a claim to receive the money.

Like most other TikTok users, they’re combating boredom or trying to make a name for themselves online. But outside the walls of the prison, the viral videos are helping to fight misconceptions of mass incarceration in the U.S.

Cell phones in prison are used by prisoners to communicate with family and loved ones. Prisoners can be isolated, prison phone calls can be expensive, and the prisons get profits from the phone calls. The rates are controversial. Prisons have a profit motive to ban cell phones.

But don’t worry, you won’t be banned from Tik-Tok at all. You’ll just be temporarily disallowed to follow any users for some time. This may last half an hour, 2 hours, 10 hours, or up to a maximum of 3 days.

it’s rather easy to charge a cell phone. a company called jpay sells tablets called jplayers that have the same charger as most phones. Prison cells do have electrical outlets, so one could hypothetically charge up a smuggled cell phone that way.