Comments on: The Jailed Map http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3546 Sam Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:51:24 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3546 Safety Tips and Precautions Research has shown that most residential burglaries occur when your home is unoccupied. By following some simple safety tips and precautions and making them a part of your daily security program, you can reduce your exposure and perhaps minimize the probability of becoming just another crime statistic. Remove Obscurity Make sure your there are no bushes that obscure windows and may hide burglars from being seen, breaking in. Present an Occupied Appearance Burglars have no interest in meeting their victims. Most burglars are opportunists and just cruise neighborhoods. Turn on a few lights to create the impression that you're home. Remove Debris Make arrangements for placing debris in the service cans so that the collection agency has no reason to suspect that you are away from home. Word travels fast! Keep your surroundings clean. Reveal Nothing Use only those service people or companies that came strongly referred by close friends. Never engage in idle conversation about your valuable. Don’t risk revealing your valuables to strangers. Personal Information Write ONLY your name on keyrings for parking lots, carwashes and service garages. Be discreet when filling out personal checks. Do not give the wrong people your personal information. Clean Your Lawn Yes, clean your lawn. An unkempt lawn is an indication that the homeowner is away for a long period! Keep your lawn clean and have it moved regularly. Daily Safety Checks Make sure to turn on your security alarm system at night and in your absence. Use doors that feature wide-angle peepholes at heights everyone can use. Also include electronic motion sensors near peripheral doors and install glass break detectors near the windows of your residence. Keep all doors locked at night and every time you leave your home. Safety Tips and Precautions

Research has shown that most residential burglaries occur when your home is unoccupied. By following some simple safety tips and precautions and making them a part of your daily security program, you can reduce your exposure and perhaps minimize the probability of becoming just another crime statistic.

Remove Obscurity
Make sure your there are no bushes that obscure windows and may hide burglars from being seen, breaking in.

Present an Occupied Appearance
Burglars have no interest in meeting their victims. Most burglars are opportunists and just cruise neighborhoods. Turn on a few lights to create the impression that you’re home.

Remove Debris
Make arrangements for placing debris in the service cans so that the collection agency has no reason to suspect that you are away from home. Word travels fast! Keep your surroundings clean.

Reveal Nothing
Use only those service people or companies that came strongly referred by close friends. Never engage in idle conversation about your valuable. Don’t risk revealing your valuables to strangers.

Personal Information
Write ONLY your name on keyrings for parking lots, carwashes and service garages. Be discreet when filling out personal checks. Do not give the wrong people your personal information.

Clean Your Lawn
Yes, clean your lawn. An unkempt lawn is an indication that the homeowner is away for a long period! Keep your lawn clean and have it moved regularly.

Daily Safety Checks
Make sure to turn on your security alarm system at night and in your absence.
Use doors that feature wide-angle peepholes at heights everyone can use.
Also include electronic motion sensors near peripheral doors and install glass break detectors near the windows of your residence.
Keep all doors locked at night and every time you leave your home.

]]> By: Scott Clark http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3545 Scott Clark Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:06:50 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3545 I was highly discouraged that my home state of Kentucky showed the highest growth rate of prisoners - now 1 in 100 citizens of Kentucky is an inmate. I was highly discouraged that my home state of Kentucky showed the highest growth rate of prisoners – now 1 in 100 citizens of Kentucky is an inmate.

]]> By: Jen http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3544 Jen Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:21:32 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3544 This is truly disgusting, especially the idea of for-profit prisons. Hopefully this study will make more people question why we're wasting money and talent like this. This is truly disgusting, especially the idea of for-profit prisons. Hopefully this study will make more people question why we’re wasting money and talent like this.

]]> By: Shawn Petriw http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3543 Shawn Petriw Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:41:24 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3543 America: Land of the Free? This is a brutal statistic for a brutal nation. The US economy is tanking now; imagine if it eliminated the false economy of the "security" business and the military-industrial complex. It would be a third-world nation. Believe it. America: Land of the Free?

This is a brutal statistic for a brutal nation. The US economy is tanking now; imagine if it eliminated the false economy of the “security” business and the military-industrial complex. It would be a third-world nation. Believe it.

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3542 Michael Wells Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:20:43 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3542 This is the result of the mandatory sentencing craze of the last couple of decades. The fear of crime, even when it's hit almost record lows, has built support for destructive social policy. This year in Oregon one of the right-wing demagogues has gotten a measure in the ballot for prison for nonviolent first offenses. As someone who's been burglerized twice and had 3 car radios stolen I don't have a lot of sympathy for property criminals, but I don't want to pay for them to go to criminal grad school and become unemployable. This is the result of the mandatory sentencing craze of the last couple of decades. The fear of crime, even when it’s hit almost record lows, has built support for destructive social policy. This year in Oregon one of the right-wing demagogues has gotten a measure in the ballot for prison for nonviolent first offenses. As someone who’s been burglerized twice and had 3 car radios stolen I don’t have a lot of sympathy for property criminals, but I don’t want to pay for them to go to criminal grad school and become unemployable.

]]> By: Zoe B http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3541 Zoe B Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:45:05 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3541 Now that many prisons are private, for-profit facilities, there is a moneyed constituency to lobby for keeping the rate of incarceration high. Now that many prisons are private, for-profit facilities, there is a moneyed constituency to lobby for keeping the rate of incarceration high.

]]> By: Mike Linacre http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 Mike Linacre Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:42:41 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3540 This high percentage also suggests the we should have really energetic educational programs in prisons. We have the "captive students" that every teacher wishes she had. No prisoner should be released who is functionally illiterate. This high percentage also suggests the we should have really energetic educational programs in prisons. We have the “captive students” that every teacher wishes she had. No prisoner should be released who is functionally illiterate.

]]> By: Corey McLellan http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3539 Corey McLellan Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:49 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/28/the-jailed-map/#comment-3539 This would be a much better map (but less colorful, I presume) if it displayed percentage of a state's population incarcerated. As it stands now, you've basically got a map of the states that conforms to overall population, i.e. the more populous a state overall, the darker it is on this map, too. It's an alarming milestone for us to reach, but an alarmingly bad way of representing the phenomenon. This would be a much better map (but less colorful, I presume) if it displayed percentage of a state’s population incarcerated. As it stands now, you’ve basically got a map of the states that conforms to overall population, i.e. the more populous a state overall, the darker it is on this map, too. It’s an alarming milestone for us to reach, but an alarmingly bad way of representing the phenomenon.

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