Bill Cosby refuses sex offender program, so is denied parole

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36. Bill Cosby is a psychopath. But the prison system is still fucked.

First. It's insane that an 83 year old person that has the means to support himself is in a prison. At this point in his life, he is no threat to anyone. He has been turned into a national joke, which for someone like him, is the real punishment. He should be on house arrest paying for his own care.

Parole, itself, is just used as a controlling agent. This carrot is dangled before the person who is incarcerated with the stipulation that they have to submit to every whim of the state for a chance to be released from prison. But even that release will have strange and demeaning conditions attached, which, if not met, will result in the person going back to prison.

But back to Cosby. If he had been convicted of this as a younger person, I would be more inclined to support a prison sentence. But our prison system is used as a crutch so we can avoid dealing with societal problems head on.

Prison should be reserved for the worst of the worst, murders and people who hurt children, extreme violence.