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- Go to On Convict Labor -- News Article from 120 Years Ago
Well, at least they came right out and said it, not like much of the political hypocritical b.s. now present in any country. There is more than one method of bribery.
posted by
adnohr
on February 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM
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Even back then.....
they were standing up for their convictions......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 12, 2010 at 5:28 AM
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this is a great article, I love stuff like that
btw: your comment on my blog was the most darling I ever got!
posted by
Tzippy
on February 11, 2010 at 10:11 PM
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Pat
Interesting! Different language, different practices, different attitudes, different thinking about nearly everything - in fact, different world...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 11, 2010 at 6:44 PM
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Oh, this aspect did not strike me..but I am sure there will be som solution
posted by
Straightforward
on February 11, 2010 at 6:44 PM
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An interesting post dear . I don't feel qualified to answer you though
In Australia they don't seem to stay in prison long enough to ......but that's irrelevant here.
posted by
Kabu
on February 11, 2010 at 10:12 AM
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Re: Re: TAPS... how does this compare to 21st Century Illinois...
That last part is so sad, so terrible. Corruption surely does seem to be a pandemic. Are there any states at all that are not "broke"?
posted by
TAPS.
on February 11, 2010 at 9:17 AM
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Re: TAPS... how does this compare to 21st Century Illinois...
I don't know if we can actually compare. The mind-set was so different then. This was just before the automobile age, the prevalence of the telephone. They were still using outdoor toilets and digging wells, (hopefully not near each other). Wagon tracks were being paved as roads and thoroughfares, people believed in spanking their children, etc. These days the state is broke, thinking of selling their newly constructed prison in northern Illinois to the Feds so they can house the Guantanamo prisoners, and almost every recent governor has gone from the state's top job to prison for one kind of corruption or another.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 11, 2010 at 8:54 AM
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Very interesting! How does this 19
th century delemma compare to what is going on in 21
st century Illinois in regard to convict problem areas?
posted by
TAPS.
on February 11, 2010 at 8:43 AM
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