Comments on: Call Centers in Prisons http://www.slamboard.com/2007/09/25/call-centers-in-prisons/ News and Views on Technology, Business and Internet Marketing Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Jef http://www.slamboard.com/2007/09/25/call-centers-in-prisons/#comment-7435 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:19:44 +0000 http://www.slamboard.com/2007/09/25/call-centers-in-prisons/#comment-7435 You miss the main problem involved with this scheme. Comsumers will be in the position of giving potentially sensitive information to CRIMINALS!! • When is a good time to call (when are you usually at home)? • How many people live in your home (Do you live alone)? • Your age (Are you old/young enough for my associates “on the outside” to easily overpower )? • SSN, date of birth, passwords, etc. A NOTE ON ‘REHABILITATION’: Unless you’re a bored, white suburban kid from Connecticut, being a criminal is not usually a ‘mistake’ that someone makes. It is a way of life. Usually one that is consciously chosen to a greater or lesser degree. The concept of ‘rehabilitation’ is a joke, a red herring, a fig leaf… whatever you want to call it. I grew up around plenty of criminals in South-Central Los Angeles. The fact is, that most of the criminals I knew were PROUD of being criminals, and viewed it as a sign of strength. In their world-view, their choices are; be a criminal or be a bum/punk/ a nothing. Be a criminal, or be weak. Be the predator or be the prey. To them, do-gooders, ‘prison-as-rehabilitation’ people are just ‘useful idiots’ and tools to be used. Back to the topic. Even if the prisoners on the phone aren’t the worst-of-the-worst of the prison population, they’re still in a position to be threatened or pressured into scamming the public by the hardcore element in the prison and/or by crooked guards. The fact that these criminals will be representing widely-known U.S. corporations makes it that much more easy for them to work their scams and cons (Sears/Target/Victoria’s Secret would never break into my home or loot my bank account… would they?). This is an idiotic idea. You’ve got to be joking. You miss the main problem involved with this scheme. Comsumers will be in the position of giving potentially sensitive information to CRIMINALS!!
• When is a good time to call (when are you usually at home)?
• How many people live in your home (Do you live alone)?
• Your age (Are you old/young enough for my associates “on the outside” to easily overpower )?
• SSN, date of birth, passwords, etc.

A NOTE ON ‘REHABILITATION’:
Unless you’re a bored, white suburban kid from Connecticut, being a criminal is not usually a ‘mistake’ that someone makes. It is a way of life. Usually one that is consciously chosen to a greater or lesser degree. The concept of ‘rehabilitation’ is a joke, a red herring, a fig leaf… whatever you want to call it. I grew up around plenty of criminals in South-Central Los Angeles. The fact is, that most of the criminals I knew were PROUD of being criminals, and viewed it as a sign of strength. In their world-view, their choices are; be a criminal or be a bum/punk/ a nothing. Be a criminal, or be weak. Be the predator or be the prey. To them, do-gooders, ‘prison-as-rehabilitation’ people are just ‘useful idiots’ and tools to be used.

Back to the topic. Even if the prisoners on the phone aren’t the worst-of-the-worst of the prison population, they’re still in a position to be threatened or pressured into scamming the public by the hardcore element in the prison and/or by crooked guards.

The fact that these criminals will be representing widely-known U.S. corporations makes it that much more easy for them to work their scams and cons (Sears/Target/Victoria’s Secret would never break into my home or loot my bank account… would they?). This is an idiotic idea. You’ve got to be joking.

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