Should celebrities and otherwise rich citizens be given preferential treatment in prison?

Definitely an interesting question. I suppose it would depend on what sort of crime the person committed. If you committed a white collar crime like what Lori Laughlin did, a minimum security prison makes sense. She's not a danger to anyone, so housing her in a different facility than a murderer or a rapist makes sense to me. However I think putting people in prison if they're not a threat to the public is overkill and a waste of taxpayer dollars. I think a better way for her to serve her time would be house arrest. That way since she's not a threat to the community, she does her time, you're not breaking up a family, and the taxpayer saves way more money.

They need to pay the penalty that matches their crime. Maybe a new prison system needs to be set up for "white collar crimes" lol.

Getting locked up over a nonviolent offense is not a proportional response to the crime. Sure they need to atone for their crime, but prison isn't the answer for nonviolent offenders. Prison should only be for violent offenders who pose a threat to the community. You see it all the time with people who are locked up for smoking pot or other nonviolent drug offenses. They go to prison as regular people like you or me and leave as hardened felons who will likely commit more egregious crimes since there's no upward mobility for them. House arrest, probation, and community service are much better alternatives to just locking up nonviolent offenders. They serve their time in a much more fulfilling way to themselves and the community, they aren't hardened by the prison system, and the taxpayer saves money. It's a win-win.

That's why I said a separate system for white collar crimes like money laundering etc.

We already have separate prisons for inmates based on their risk factors. The prison Lori Laughlin was sent to was a medium security facility due to her being considered low risk. However, I don't care how nice the facility is, nonviolent offenders shouldn't be locked up, period. House arrest and community service is more than good enough as a punishment as far as I'm concerned and it's way more useful to society than locking them up.

Ok so using your logic put poor people in prison and give wealthy people house arrest? I say no.

Maybe something more along the lines of a fine? What will a house arrest really do?

Exactly, and we are back to the debate about equal justice because rich people can just pay a fine while poor people go to jail. The whole system is rigged. There are some pretty dangerous 'non violent' offenders in the world, Consider the amount of corruption and embezzlement by corrupt politicians and businesses that directly impacts the livelihood of working people. Just by simply turning down a medical insurance claim to make more profit, a whole family can go homeless - perfectly legal in the US. This is why government funded healthcare is a human right.

But a fine larger than the amount of money it made them would disincentivize white-collar crime

Agreed! Most fines are nominal unless its a corporate crime and then they declare bankruptcy

No. Equality under the law.

Hell no

Sounds like Mayberry to me, lol. If she's not really being punished then it wasn't really a crime. Celebrities are people like everyone else and should face the same consequences. I hate seeing them treated special when they're not.

No way. That's the problem w/ elitists, they think they're above the law.

On one perspective, most of them earned their fortune

The question is at first, why she went to prison. This can already be a deciding factor in what rights or lack thereof she'd have. What are the rules in general about privileges in prison. Do they also count for other inmates? If other inmates have that right too, so should celebrities have. I mean the meme doesn't tell all that. I don't think celebrities should have more rights than others simply because they are celebrities, but at the same time they should also not have less rights than non-celebrities.

We quite often believe prison should be major hell, but that's risky. Clyde Barrow, from the famous duo Bonnie & Clyde is said to have become a very violent person due to the horrors he experienced in prison. If that's true, prison had the OPPOSITE effect on him than it should have. After all, we want prison to make sure people get out of it better than they came in and never do it again. And that means prison should not just be one big regime and taking everything away from people. That's making people even worse than they were. And this can sometimes lead to some prisoners having some kinds of luxuries in prison. I haven't seen her file so I cannot judge if she's just being pampered or if there's a big plan behind it.

When you've met people who been in prison, both as inmates, as well as people who work in prison, and I can consider myself lucky that I have met people of both categories, you will find out when it comes to punishment by law, things should not be taken from a black-white perspective. Every person is different and the same goes for people in prison.

Lol

Yes, because the creation of wealth is inherently moral, and people who do it are better than those who don't.

Uh there is a guy called jusus who disagreed

I was being extremely sarcastic.

no