An eye-opening article was posted in the Sentinel a few days ago: Prisoners are 2 percent of Oneida County population . From figures presented in the same article, prisoners make up over 6.5% of the population of Rome and . . .
Almost 29% of the Town of Marcy!
Is this really the direction that we want to travel?
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Are we supposed to give these criminals a free pass to continue committing crimes in our community? I'm not getting your point.
If they commit the crime, they should do the time!
Do we have a choice? Combine the fact that CNY has no reason for an upstanding educated citizen to remain here with the importation of prisoners from throughout the state. You do the math!
I dont understand your issues with it Strike.
Is this really the direction that we want to travel?
Why do they use them as part of the population anyway? It's not like we get more state or federal aid cause of it, right?
Strikeslip,that does not take into account their families/friends who have moved here, and the released prisoners who stay local etc. etc.
but we have to ask ourselves; "why we allowed them to come here in the first place?" it's a done deal now so now it's a matter of just dealing with it. Our whole local economy has transitioned in the last 20 years into one that now revolves around casinos, prisons, government and medical sector jobs. We will throw many thousands of dollars and political capital into stopping a powerline project, yet no one says boo about locating eyesore prisons and the residue that comes along with them, unless they are building it in their own backyard.
To anonymous#1 - These are all state prisons bringing prisoners into the area from outside the area.
anonymous#1 here...
Sorry, that was before coffee #1 was finished. DUH
hahahaha! :D
Speaking to a business planner friend of mine, there is a reason why there are so many prisons here and so few businesses and young adults. It's geographical.
Swamps. Wetlands. Bogs.
Those are the type of landscapes that earlier America used to build prisons around. It slows down people.
Those are the same landscapes that newer [techie] businesses also take into account in order to NOT plant a business... along with high taxes, lack of social activities for young adults, etc.
Anyway, even though we have more roads and infrastructure to get around wetlands quickly, we already started the state-prison economy, so it's natural to continue the growth here.
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