You left out the gang member in a wheelchair.

Wait, I didn't see that in TV gangs... it was in every school textbook I've ever had.

Haven't you seen "The Warriors"? Real gangs comprise a dozen Bucky Dents in clown makeup.

Gang member in a wheel chair was covered on Oz. That whole diversity in prisons thing is a hippy McManus idea.

Seriously, though, isn't the original case about the segregation of new prisoners only when first imprisoned rather than on a permanent basis?

I would say the answer to prison violence is complete solitary confinement for the entire prison population, from the day you arrive to the day you leave.

"one Hispanic, one Asian, one black, and white kid with a mohawk." You forgot the blonde martial arts girl who can kick all their asses, but has a heart of gold.

Loose shit ACE.

I wonder how white Liberals would feel about segregation if it were them or their sons who were about to go to prison?

Sure Ace..segregated prisons is a great idea! You know what the left will call them when they are implemented?

Concentration Camps.

And of course it would then always be alleged that conditions in certain prisons containing certain classifications of persons would be "unconstitutionally cruel and unusual", or an "unconstitutional violation of equal protection" because other prisons that contain other classifications of persons were, allegedly, in better shape.

Do you have any doubts that a segregated prison system would not soon be used to undermine the practice of incarceration, period? In my opinion (fwiw) it would simply open up a whole new branch of legal avenues for convicted felons to base appeals off of. Hell, the federal court system is swamped with bogus "prisoner rights" cases as it is already.

Just my two cents.

Um, didn't we already cover this "separate but equal" idea once before? Geez, can't we learn from history???

Later,
bbeck

Segregated prisons would not work. A lot of offenders are MIXED race. Where do they go?

Presumably they'd be allowed to choose whatever racial block they felt most comfortable with.

As a matter of fact, I imagine that all prisoners would be allowed to choose their racial block. Most would go with their own race, but if someone feels more comfortable with another race, I suppose that would be just jake.

The goal is to reduce racial antipathy and violence, not to simply separate the races for shits and giggles.