What happened to the old prison work gangs?

[maxster]

Why don't they do it anymore?

 

[Nikamichi]

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Ever see those guys in the orange shirts picking up trash on the side of the road?

 

[maxster]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Ever see those guys in the orange shirts picking up trash on the side of the road?

Community service is not the same as prison.

 

[Skunkwourk]

They have programs now that are similar, such as the inmate "volunteer" fire fighters. If you're talking about Chain Gangs, Im not exactly sure but heres the wikipedia link. Text

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Ever see those guys in the orange shirts picking up trash on the side of the road?

Community service is not the same as prison.

No, they actually have prisoners do it around here.

I think chain gangs became less popular because it became easier to build roads with machines.

 

[JulesMaximus]

They discovered the joy of gay prison sex?

 

[anxi80]

i think what we have here... is a failure to communicate.

 

[MaxDepth]

Come to NC and I'll show you some work gangs. Also, try Alabama. They actually have prison farms.

 

[Soundmanred]

In Oklahoma, they do work with Public Service to clean up the roadsides, public sites, and do lawn work/maintenance. At the larger prisons the inmates do all the work, from staffing the cafeteria to growing food and working in a slaughterhouse.

 

[FoBoT]

they still do them in maricopa county AZ

 

[olds]

They still do, I work with them.

 

[Chryso]

Now they do janitorial work in state government buildings.
Here comes one now...

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Ever see those guys in the orange shirts picking up trash on the side of the road?

Community service is not the same as prison.

here the county lock up has chain gangs. even the women have to do it. they also make em wear white and black stripes instead of the orange jumps. those orange jumpsuits are prison suits, not community service freebies.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Chryso
Now they do janitorial work in state government buildings.
Here comes one now...
Hey mister, you dropped a bar of soap, let me get that for you... uh oh..

:shocked:

 

[kranky]

I have also seen them at work in NC.

 

[erikistired]

too many cons were just walking away.

 

[Engraver]

Get put in jail for in-depth investigation.

 

[CptCrunch]

they've moved to building furniture, answering 411 calls and other tasks they can do from the comfort of their prison

 

[maxster]

Originally posted by: Engraver
Get put in jail for in-depth investigation.

Anyone want to volunteer for this task?

 

[BrownTown]

I have seen chain gangs before here in Tennessee, they were along the highway picking up trash, but def finitely not community service people because there were two guards with shotguns one at the front and one at the end of a ~20 person line of dudes in the orange jump suits.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Come to NC and I'll show you some work gangs. Also, try Alabama. They actually have prison farms.

yup, you don't see officers wielding a shotgun watching community service peeps

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
they still do them in maricopa county AZ

Sheriff Joe even has the women prisoners in chain gangs. The DUI chain gangs have to wear pink shirts when working.

Pretty in Pink

 

[jjones]

All day long they work so hard
Till the sun is goin' down
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing, wearing a frown
You hear them moanin' their lives away
Then you hear somebody sa-ay

That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

 

[Sinsear]

We need more chain gangs.