On Apr 21, 4:16*pm, Bret L wrote:
On Apr 20, 11:29*pm, Jenn wrote:
In article
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*Bret L wrote:
Our Prison Yard
Posted by Bob on April 18, 2010 at 6:00 am
"When a guy goes to prison the second time, the first thing he looks for is
his own race. Even the giant population in American prisons is split
between northern and southern Mexicans.
I am sure that many a hippie on drug charges his first time tried
walking over to the black and Hispanic inmates and tried to Bridge the
Gap, but few of them were able to walk afterwards.
Evidence?
Prison is a desperate situation. This gives us a guide to what...
...people who are stupid enough to go to prison do: *gather in tribes..
*It's rather arrogant to assume one is all that much smarter than the
people in prison.
The inmates are often tormented by headaches. Many quite clearly can
no longer focus their thoughts on anything. Some weep; others obsess;
the more resilient, like David Prater, a twenty-six-year-old lifer who
has a degree in finance from the University of Texas, read as much and
as often as possible to while away the days. But they are a minority.
The average IQ of a Texas prison inmate is 92, and many do not even
know how to read.
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs...6prisoners.htm
In spite of what is written in the press about Ivan Boesky and Michael
Milken, the average inmate in the nation's correctional facilities is
functionally illiterate, probably has a learning disability, never had
a steady job, was a juvenile delinquent, used drugs and alcohol, and
came from a dysfunctional home in which he or she was abused
physically and/or sexually.
The distribution of intelligence among prison populations shows the
average IQ to be 86. That is 14 points, or one standard deviation,
under the national mean. Approximately 15% of inmates score below 75
on the Wechsler Scale of Adult Intelligence-Revised. A score of 75
generally is considered to be the cutoff for identifying those who may
be mentally retarded. This would suggest a substantially higher
percentage of moderately retarded individuals in prisons than in the
general population. Moreover, 70% of inmates never have had any formal
preparation in a skill, trade, or profession. A similar percentage
have no consistent work history prior to incarceration. More than two-
thirds come from broken or dysfunctional homes in which stability,
discipline, and moral development were inconsistent at best. About 70%
of adult prisoners have been involved with the juvenile justice
system, which has had questionable success in rehabilitation.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...1/ai_13388891/
As usual your 'sources' are severely flawed to the point of being
ridiculous. As usual, you are too dim and too poorly educated to know
how to see that. That's why everybody except Senator Sugar and 2pid
laugh at you. But you're not alone, Bratzi! We laugh at them too!
That's also exactly why somebody like you would try to 'prove' your
unintelligent positions using prison populations as an example. People
in prison are not only smarter than you are, Bratzi, but they are
better educated than you as well.