do prisons put newly-released prisoners on Amtrak trains?

[Swadian Hardcore]

Well, you have to get released prisoners back to society somehow. So you have to buy a ticket for them. Most prisoners are not that dangerous, and they probably wouldn't cherish an immedate return to jail.

Don't look too weak or special, and no one will attack you. T-shirts, jeans, sneakers. Preferably dirty sneaker. You want to look poor yet pack a punch, because poor people usually don't get attacked.

***? Dude, I just don't even have a comeback for that.......

What's wrong? I understand that people who work for Amtrak, like you, probably won't like this to worsen the company's reputation, but the poorer you seem, the less trouble you have, as long as you don't act suspicously.

Only he doesn't work for Amtrak! Many years ago he worked for Amtrak; but he doesn't work for it now. And RRDude has often been one of the harsher critics of Amtrak around here, so clearly he's not worried too much about tarnishing Amtrak's reputation.

I thought he worked for Amtrak! Sorry about the mistake. I still don't understand why he's so unhappy at people who disguise themselves to be poor and dirty.

Well, you have to get released prisoners back to society somehow. So you have to buy a ticket for them. Most prisoners are not that dangerous, and they probably wouldn't cherish an immeidate return to jail.
Don't look too weak or special, and no one will attack you. T-shirts, jeans, sneakers. Preferably dirty sneaker. You want to look poor yet pack a punch, because poor people usually don't get attacked.

This is completely incorrect, people with lower socioeconomic status are much more likely to be the victims of crime.

see http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0801.pdf page 27,Table 14. Personal crimes, 2008:Victimization rates for persons age 12 or older,

by type of crime and annual family income of victims
People with incomes below $15k/yr are over 3 times as likely to be the victims of crime as people with incomes over $75k/yr. For those with incomes of $15k-$50k, they are twice as likely to be victims as the over $75k group. That is for all violent crime, but the same holds for just robbery.

You may think you hear about more victims with higher socioeconomic status, but that is usually because those victims get more play on the news. Every morning on the local news (Baltimore) they spend 30 seconds on the previous nights murders and assaults in the city. Someone gets murdered or assaulted in the suburbs? It will be the lead story for 3 straight days. I will withhold from further social commentary, but your premise is false.

That's because those very poor people often live in dangerous neighborhoods, like Kensington, Washington Heights, or Cicero. These places have lots of gangs and other criminals which results in lots of deaths to innocent people.

If these same people lived in most civilized areas, they would very likely not get attacked at all.

The San Joaquin's are also popular with families heading to Wasco or Corcoran for visitation day. Surely a better transportation situation for them then having to find their way to someplace like Susanville.

Pelican Bay.

There's talk about tearing down San Quentin. Marin County would live to do that and build housing with bay views and to add to their tax base. Some don't like the idea because its a convenient location for visitation. Others want to keep it because it has the only death row in California.

You can at least get to Crescent City by Amtrak (via bus from K-Falls on the Starlight.) Susanville is not reachable by anything other than private car.

There is bus service to Susanville. It's operated by Sage Stage. Their website: http://www.sagestage.com/

Service is on the Alturas-Reno route. This is probably just a cutaway but I've never actually seen it myself.

 

[BCL]

There is bus service to Susanville. It's operated by Sage Stage. Their website: http://www.sagestage.com/
Service is on the Alturas-Reno route. This is probably just a cutaway but I've never actually seen it myself.

Greyhound at least had a stop at the Wal-Mart. I can't seem find any schedule though.

http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=893794

The following discussion mentions Greyhound from Susanville:

http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-213927.html

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

There is bus service to Susanville. It's operated by Sage Stage. Their website: http://www.sagestage.com/
Service is on the Alturas-Reno route. This is probably just a cutaway but I've never actually seen it myself.

Greyhound at least had a stop at the Wal-Mart. I can't seem find any schedule though.

http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=893794

The following discussion mentions Greyhound from Susanville:

http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-213927.html

Greyhound has not gone to Susanville for many years. Sage Stage is the only scheduled operator to Susanville.

 

[GG-1]

Aloha

I am going to echo and earlier comment: So What, Who cares.