This REALLY varies. The majority of prisons do not tack on time for in prison fights. Unless they near kill or maim him, they're fine whooping his ass and taking a week in the hole as that's all they'll get.
Absolutely, not only for child welfare, but for basic education standards. I've seen homeschool be everything from structured classes for 8 hours, to sit here and read the Bible for 8 hours.
I mean he did spend 44 billion prior to said nuking. Site isn't worth as much now sure, but the volume of currency still traveled into the hands of others.
Yes. Better housing is a must, however I think the biggest impact could be made by pushing laws that gives incentive towards hiring people with a record. We need to break down the largest barrier which typically tends to return individuals back to crime and that's establishing a good income.
What would likely help more than halfway houses would honestly be apartment vouchers for first/last/deposit in a regulated apartment rental system. Halfway houses are usually plagued by innumerable issues like being built in poorer neighborhoods farther away from where any good work can be found. They get NIMBY'd and there's too much "take it or leave it" attitude. You got bunked up next to someone with schizophrenia that screams at all hours? Well sucks to be you, take it or leave it ex con. Once decent housing and income become more readily available, suddenly people aren't turning to selling fentanyl or stealing shit to put food on the table.
Yes, other than how well compensated the staff are, they're mostly the same shit present found in a different wrapping paper. While profit isn't supposed to be the motive, they certainly rub shoulders with Correctional industries (likely called different things in different states, but mine called it this.) which sells things like those ambiguous looking office chairs you find in state offices that sell for 800-1200 dollars all built by incarcerated making 1.37 an hour (might be a bit more now, but that was near top dollar in 2021 when I quit.) The other part of it is that once you get to the level internally to make change as an admin, you're usually too deep in the kool-aid and the primary focus for everyone is "rising tide raises all boats" so every administrator is incentivised to spend as little as possible on anything that benefits the incarcerated or the staff (which, by and large would likely lead to better treatment of individuals, as it just so happens miserable staff take out their bullshit on the easily accessible population in their care.) Not that spending on staff would eliminate these issues, but it couldn't hurt. Nevertheless, spend the least amount possible and schmooze your way into the next position. Nepotism is a huge issue as well, and they will create loopholes for their chosen applicants to secure positions they otherwise wouldn't be qualified for.
Violence is part of the culture. Hard to get away from it at all, even if you're trying to. It's impossible to prevent violence, but I will say that the immediate response does help mitigate the level of damage most times. Sexual assault training is the same in prison as it is everywhere in my state. You fill out a 3-5 question form that basically amounts to "Ya rape anyone?" "Been accused of raping anyone?" "Any plans to rape someone?" "If yes, please explain". Followed by a PowerPoint you watch yearly online. That's it. No. They do not hire the right people for the jobs needed most of the time. Not 100% the states fault simply because people don't really like working in prison most of the time, and those that do usually aren't qualified. They hire investigators from Gap loss prevention and Casino security, and expect them to be able to sus out organized gang crime. They hire fresh grads who really need real world experience before being slapped into a sex offender treatment program to sit there and listen to guys get off recalling their crimes. The people who do have experience know better.
I don't really know what practices aside from common sense and just a smidgen of empathy might fix. Given that when you force two grown adults in a 6x12' cell that don't get along, and when they explain this the common response is "fight, fuck, or get along." Which leads to things like This I was there that day, and this is the living unit I worked in at the time(different shift) but still. They absolutely had every tool available to prevent this, every warning possible. Goldsby literally told them what was happening prior to him going off, and even asked them to just look up Mungers crimes (any not half stupid officer knows how to do this, we have access to police records, statements, court reports, etc.) It would have taken 5 minutes to see Goldsby did in fact have a sister, who was in fact raped by his cell mate.
I don't know what the solution is, but if any swamp needs to be drained, it's state prison system administration.
Not every homeschooled child is abused, but when I worked for CPS, a HELL of a lot of abusive families used it as a means to keep their kids away from those pesky mandatory reporters.
What is it with clowns like this digging their heels in and blaming literally anything but the precious MBAs that are plaguing and ruining literally everything about modern society.
I mean would you be kind in a world that cursed you with one of the world's most punchable faces?