I guess I'm not surprised. I have read that conditions in Texas prisons do vary from institution to institution, somewhat dependent on whether they are State or privately run.heeler wrote:He will have to serve at least 20 years before even coming up for consideration for parole and even then for a violent offense they are usually not granted parole the first time they come up.
And contrary to what a lot of misinformed people might think life at the Texas Department of Corrections is really quite harsh as I have personally known no less than three people who have served time there.
There is a good likely hood the guy will die in prison which I doubt many will grieve.
Glad they gave so much time as there are way to many of these people out there.
The whole idea of prisons seems to have vacillated. We lived not far from Ossining, NY and saw quite a bit on the history of Sing Sing
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Control has changed over the year from those who viewed prisons as harsh punishment and made the conditions difficult to those who viewed prisons as places for rehabilitation. Some of the pictures that I've seen of CA prisons seem to fall into that category. This appears to be one of the litmus tests between Conservative and Liberal thinking.
You would think that if the fine pillar of society featured in this thread had already 12 years in a Texas prison under his belt, he wouldn't be anxious to go back for more over the few dollars that he was likely to get in the referenced incident. Yes, I know that most BGs don't think that they'll be caught again.