Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 20:51     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a town that experienced significant decline which started around the time several prisons were constructed there. From a day to day perspective I wasn't impacted but the town's decay compared to its neighbors was evident. Locals attributed the decline of the town with the arrival of the prisons and subsequent increases in crime. Likely there were other factors at play, but I'm inclined to agree that prisons did play a part in redistributing more criminals to the town.


+1
The wives/mothers of prisoners and their kin move to town to be close to dad. The average education level of the community falls. It becomes harder to find workers with good soft skills. Economic development gone wrong.


Also, released prisoners must stay in town to fulfill their parole requirements. So then they are stuck in a town where parole requires they get a job, but everyone works for the prison. And I’ll assume that a felony record prevents one from working for the prison. Kids whose parents work for the prison are not allowed to go to Johnny’s house for a playdate because Johnny’s dad is a prisoner and that would violate employer guidelines.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 19:51     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
*prison not pristine
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 19:51     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Crooked Media just released a new podcast about a small pristine town in CA.
https://crooked.com/podcast-series/dreamtown-the-story-of-adelanto/
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 19:50     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a town that experienced significant decline which started around the time several prisons were constructed there. From a day to day perspective I wasn't impacted but the town's decay compared to its neighbors was evident. Locals attributed the decline of the town with the arrival of the prisons and subsequent increases in crime. Likely there were other factors at play, but I'm inclined to agree that prisons did play a part in redistributing more criminals to the town.


+1
The wives/mothers of prisoners and their kin move to town to be close to dad. The average education level of the community falls. It becomes harder to find workers with good soft skills. Economic development gone wrong.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 19:45     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Does living near the 7 Locks Jail count?
RhymeTime
Post 06/08/2023 18:42     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:Do you mean like...Baltimore?

My kid went to college in a small town that had a prison. It was not by campus and had absolutely zero impact on the kids or their activities.

You have seen too many Netflix series or something.


I think by “prison town”, OP means a town that exists because of a prison - the prison(s) is the main employer and the town would not be able to be solvent without it. A college town with a prison is not the same thing. Susanville, CA is a classic prison town. Their logging industry failed and now they are dependent on prisons.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 18:37     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:Do you mean like...Baltimore?

My kid went to college in a small town that had a prison. It was not by campus and had absolutely zero impact on the kids or their activities.

You have seen too many Netflix series or something.


Juniata?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 17:53     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Prison should be abolished.


Agreed. Same with cancer. And hunger.


Yes! You are on to something. We should abolish murder, rape, assault and robbery while we are thinking about it.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 17:22     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Do you mean like...Baltimore?

My kid went to college in a small town that had a prison. It was not by campus and had absolutely zero impact on the kids or their activities.

You have seen too many Netflix series or something.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2023 15:15     Subject: What was growing up in a prison town like?
Anonymous wrote:Prison should be abolished.


Agreed. Same with cancer. And hunger.