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A Tennessee county has greenlit a modern-day eugenics program under the guise of offering prisoners a better future. Judge Sam Benningfield of White County issued an order in May that reduces jail sentences for inmates who agree to undergo birth control procedures. For male inmates, a credit of just 30 days is offered in exchange for vasectomies, which are permanent. Women who sign up for the program receive a Nexplanon implant, which is effective for up to four years. ABC 15 reports that 32 women and 38 men have enrolled in the program.
“I hope to encourage them to take personal responsibility and give them a chance, when they do get out, not to be burdened with children,” Judge Benningfield told local outlet NewsChannel5. “This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves.”
The program is described as “voluntary,” though it stretches the definition of that term, basically putting inmates in the position of bartering their fertility for sentencing reductions. Considering that prison sentences are often the collateral damage of life issues from poverty to addiction to crime, it seems callous to ask already vulnerable people to forego a basic human right to shave time off their sentences. The ACLU argues that pretending the program gives prisoners real options is deceptive and perhaps unconstitutional.
Read more here:
http://www.salon.com/2017/07/28/modern-day-eugenics-prisoners-sterilized-for-shorter-sentences_partner/
“I hope to encourage them to take personal responsibility and give them a chance, when they do get out, not to be burdened with children,” Judge Benningfield told local outlet NewsChannel5. “This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves.”
The program is described as “voluntary,” though it stretches the definition of that term, basically putting inmates in the position of bartering their fertility for sentencing reductions. Considering that prison sentences are often the collateral damage of life issues from poverty to addiction to crime, it seems callous to ask already vulnerable people to forego a basic human right to shave time off their sentences. The ACLU argues that pretending the program gives prisoners real options is deceptive and perhaps unconstitutional.
Read more here:
http://www.salon.com/2017/07/28/modern-day-eugenics-prisoners-sterilized-for-shorter-sentences_partner/
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? up.
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Well, at least they are asking now.....
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Population control
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Soon its gonna be
"Get a ? injection to recieve a reduce in sentence " -
They stuck in la la land..
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Seems the women get a better deal out of this. They can have kids again after 4 yrs. Now is it saying they only get 30 days shaved off their sentences?
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Personally why limit this to the jailhouse population? ? There are men &women that could use this option on the outside... we all know at least one man or woman out here overpopulating our communities with kids that they are not raising
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New age Eugenics, clearly
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uncle gunnysack wrote: »Personally why limit this to the jailhouse population? ? There are men &women that could use this option on the outside... we all know at least one man or woman out here overpopulating our communities with kids that they are not raising
I know alot of people who shouldn't be having kids.
Matter of fact I know a lot of people who don't have kids, who shouldn't have kids. -
If this was for sex offenders, I wouldn't be mad. But regular inmates? I couldn't do it, especially not for just a month's worth of credit.
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just for a 30 day reduction though? straight sucka ?
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If this was for sex offenders, I wouldn't be mad. But regular inmates? I couldn't do it, especially not for just a month's worth of credit.
Regular inmates?
"Oh you know the ones that killed people and have obvious mental health issues that shouldn't be on the streets, the regular ones" -
My bad.Busta Carmichael wrote: »If this was for sex offenders, I wouldn't be mad. But regular inmates? I couldn't do it, especially not for just a month's worth of credit.
Regular inmates?
"Oh you know the ones that killed people and have obvious mental health issues that shouldn't be on the streets, the regular ones"
Anybody locked down on a violent/serious crime. If you're killing people and playing with kids, yes. But if you're locked up for weed or bad checks or some ? , no. -
I bet any amount of money those inmates are gonna be charged (money) for the procedure on the back end. Nh
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Black population control like a muhfucker
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America is great.
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Stupid people just need to stop having kids. Plain and simple. We live in a disgenic society and that needs to change.
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YALL MISSING THE WHOLE UNDERLINING POINT..
THE PRISIONS CONSIST OF MOSTLY BLACKS... SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY LOCKING THEM UP, THEY ARE KILLING OFF THE CHANCES OF REPRODUCTION... -
YALL MISSING THE WHOLE UNDERLINING POINT..
THE PRISIONS CONSIST OF MOSTLY BLACKS... SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY LOCKING THEM UP, THEY ARE KILLING OFF THE CHANCES OF REPRODUCTION...
Um...Black population control like a muhfucker
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reduce the population
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We're genetically dominant. All they're science and money can't make what we produce naturally. No matter how hard they try. Do like me, sit back, roll up some Dogwalker and blow one for the demise of whites reign right B4 our eyes.
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Nope
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If you take that for 30 days you too dumb to have kids anyway.
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Vasectomies can get reversed. I wouldn't do it out of principle but it's not like homies are getting castrated.
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