If being in jail or prison is the punishment and they are still in prison while they are reading to their children, then they are still being punished. Is it not so?

Perhaps just being locked up isn’t enough. Perhaps we need to whip them with a bull whip every so often? Perhaps each one should be in solitary confinement and tied up, unable even to move? They absolutely shouldn’t have any visitors?

Just wondering.

David considering limits and extent of punishment

I see no need to subject any child to the jails or their visiting rooms.
Have grandmother take them to the park, and have the mothers spend time
at the jails library reading books related to job training and good parenting.
THOSE are the SKILLS she will need when she gets out, if she ever does.

Thanks to you too Echo. it is nice to know everyone is has not gone insane,
thinking all this horse pucky is OK or normal in any way.

The reality is these woman are in jail which should be a punishment for whatever crime they committed and also a deterrant for not returning to jail and a life of crime once they get out. Why should they receive any special treatment and be able to spend time with their children by reading to them while they are in jail? The point is they shouldn’t be in jail anyway if they were a responsible parent! What they should be doing is put out on the streets to pick up trash or make license plates for those of us working moms who contribute to society by working full-time to pay our way in the world and not live off the system like most of these women were probably doing prior to going to jail. It is called being a loving, responsible parent and human being! Nobody pays for me to read to my child during my lunch hour because, guess what, I’m working to pay for my family to live and not sponge off of others! How’s that for reality!

Things like communications satellites which allow us to connect with each other and watch The Waltons on DIRECTV?

Weather satellites which save thousands of lives yearly?

Electronics innovations which include everything which uses integrated circuits, like your computer and cell phone and television and car, CAT scans and NMRI’s for examples?

GPS which allows emergency personnel to respond quickly and accurately to people needing help?

GPS which allows even the most incompetent to find their way without getting lost and wasting energy resources?

Yep, money spent on NASA is certainly a waste of money which could be spent more wisely on more potato chips.

David for proper priorities

I’m not sure this would be any form of reward for the mothers. It might even drive home what their actions have cost them and their children. This would also be a good thing if it encouraged them to not do bad things in the future so they could have unrestricted time with their children, not just an hour a day every so often.

And I don’t see where it raises the cost for the honest citizens or makes life more dangerous for the guards.

David for reality

I’m not heartless, I’m a realist and I just tell it like it is. I 100% agree that children should be helped in any situation. However, I also think people are accountable for their actions and mothers shouldn’t be “rewarded” for being in jail. Most normal people I know (who happen to never have been to jail because they are big boys and girls) think the same way. If you think it is O.K. for children to visit their “mothers” in jail and grow up thinking this is normal, then your mentality is what is wrong with the world today.

By the way, I would give my money to NASA anyday over providing assistance to jailbird mothers. Maybe they can find a planet in a far away galaxy that we can send all of the scum of society to live on, so all of us normal people can live in peace.

To “Who has not sinned”

Sound like you are one of the ”
takers” or “Entitled” of our society.