Jackson Jambalaya

Damn, sounds as if the state has a lot of criminals.

And Jackson is the Per Capita Murder Capitol of the USA. But every little democrat-run city in the state is also a murderous hellhole.

So what, Sid. People who do bad shit wind up in jail, as they should.

Would Sid like to see Mississippi reduce the number jailed by doing as California did, and ignore crimes of theft that involve less than $800?

Would Sid like to see Law Enforcement adopt the standard of the ACLU, that fewer black people should be arrested until more white people are?

Sid ain’t seen the football since kickoff, and they about to do away with that.

Ditto to 8:15. He is a RINO

Can someone explain that to Roger Parkes?

It’s still not enough, so many of the murders in Jackistan are committed by people who should already be locked up

MS could do like Saudi Arabia did to reduce the incarceration rate:
Murder - chop off head
Theft: 1st offense: chop off one hand; 2nd offense: other hand
Rape: Chop off ...
Speeding: Chop off right foot (ok, I made that one up).

Looking at our demographics and corresponding statistical trends it would seem pretty logical that we would also have lots of criminals.

I agree with Sid on house arrest for non-violent criminals. Let the non-violent criminals live in their own houses and pay their own way. Save the prisons for the violent criminals that can't be trusted to walk around with the rest of us. Save the death penalty for those so effed-up that they can't be trusted to walk around with the rest of us - ever again.

House arrest is a good option, but they won't be "paying their own way." They will be receiving every possible socialist benefit available.

Rankin and Madison Counties are probably responsible for 1/3 of the entire MDOC population. Recently had a case of a 45 year old first offender disabled woman whose plea offer was FIVE years to serve in MDOC because she "sold, bartered, transferred" TWO (2) prescribed xanax pills to a person who was an informant. The informant told the defendant that she had a prescription but it had "run out" until the end of the month and set the meeting spot within 1500 feet of a church. Defendant did not even take money for the transfer. 5 Years to serve was the offer..

If you are a person who believes that the "punishment fits the crime" in this situation you are the reason MDOC is packed and costing millions....

Whaddya mean unintended consequences? That’s why they haven’t been changed. Some of the folks in charge like it this way.

It's because there is MORE crime.

The people on here yacking about non-violence and house-arrest are the same ones who post "Lock the bastard up" when someone steals from a homeowner fund or band fund.

And not one soul Chad arrests is a violent offender, yet these same clowns holler, "Put 'em behind bars!"

The problem is we don't lock up enough criminals. Just look at the unsolved homicide list of JPD. And that's just one crime category, in just one city.

maybe sid could take em all home with him.

Ms. should do like many countries do and ship their crooks to another country. We are already accepting criminals from just about any country that has any criminals. Maybe it is time we sent a few of our thugs in return.

There's nothing more white people love than throwing black people in jail. Highest rate in the country but it's never enough, is it? Have you ever stopped to consider that throwing so many people in jail - for often trivial reasons and usually racial reasons - is part of the problem? That it exacerbates family dysfunction which increases crime? Haha, trick question. Of course you haven't.

LABOR. That's one answer. We have trash and weeds overtaking our streets and highways especially in places like Jackson, and non-violent convicts sitting on their asses costing us all millions. Rewrite the criminal code, direct the judges, and give these people the option of working off time cleaning up this state or spending years in prison doing nothing. Many would rather work 4 hrs a day cleaning up for a year instead of serving 3 years doing nothing.

New flash to the Lock-em-up crowd. Putting people in jail makes you feel better that the criminal is being punished, but it doesn't deter crime. Looking at the recidivism rate, it doesn't even do very much to deter future crime from the person that gets locked up. However, prisons are a cash cow for the people who sell stuff to prisons and, of course, private prisons.

If we keep doing what we've been doing, we're going to keep getting what we've been getting.

That horse is long dead but continue to beat it if makes you feel bettrt

2:21 I was kidnapped by a serial kidnapper who was locked away for 18 years. Guess what? He didn't kidnap anyone during those 18 years. Sounds like recidivism was curtailed while he was in the lockup.

Yes, time in prison does deter future crime. A thug cannot commit a crime if they are locked up behind bars. If they go back to crime when they are released they were let out too early.

1:39 PM, there isn't a law against being of a certain race. If in prison there is more of one group of people than another group it is because they commit more crimes. It is simple.

Why do Democrats love crime and criminals so much? Because crime is a Democrat tactic.

If Jackson’s crime rates were equal to Madison and Rankin Counties, Democrats would not be running Jackson. They would get voted out by non-Democrat voters that would gladly move into Jackson. Same with Chicago, Atlanta, and every other high crime Democrat controlled shit hole. The math is the math. Democrats can’t have a monopoly on runny major cities for decade after decade after decade, without the crime that keeps non-Democrat voters out.

If you don't do crimes, you don't have to go to prison.

I've waited all day for someone to claim the reason so many criminals are in jail is because they're black and white people love throwing black people in jail.

When young black people are taught that kind of garbage, they grow up angry and bitter and post comments like that. Tragically they teach the same nonsense to their own children, and the cycle never ends.

7:24, while congress screwed up the 1994 Clinton, Biden bipartisan Crime Bill, they did prove that with enough political pressure from voters, the crack epidemic could mostly be fixed, i.e. crime can be reduced greatly. Watching a black minister chew Charlie Rangel out and asking why do we elect you if you won’t fix the crack problem destroying our communities…proved the power voters have.

Crime will never go away totally, but we know it can be tremendously reduced. But Democrats don’t want crime reduction. Because without the crime and chaos, they can’t monopolize control of cities like Jackson. I don’t know how white elitist Democrats (living behind gates or in the burbs while sending their kids to private schools) that keep their silence while children die from stray bullets…in exchange for votes…sleep at night. Crime reduction should be something every single American citizen (except criminal thugs) agree upon.

@4:53p You don’t get out of Mississippi much, do you? You can’t compare Jackson and Atlanta and Chicago. Atlanta and Chicago are thriving metropolises with great art, great universities, and great weath. Jackson in the only shithole in the group. Jackson has no great anything, and is a fine representation of Mississippi, the state who’s last in every measure of prosperity, health care, and safety.