Prison or homelessness

[Jazzy]

If you had to choose between prison and homelessness, what would you choose and why?

 

[tango]

If you had to choose between prison and homelessness, what would you choose and why?

I guess it would depend on which prison and which area I'd be homeless. I can see a minimum security prison being preferable to, say, sleeping on the streets in the winter in Minnesota. At the same time I can see sleeping on the streets in a more temperate climate being preferable to a maximum security prison.

 

[NerdGirl123]

Homeless, absolutely. I'd much rather have the chance to move about and scrounge for food and clothes and necessities, to be challenged to live by my wits and my own strength. Being locked in a cell would be utter torture for me.

 

[Lamb]

I don't know...this could be a really touch choice depending on location. I mean, homeless in a relatively warm area where there might be farms to gather some food or maybe pitching a tent out in the wilderness and not being cold...those would work. Being in prison would mean meals, a bed and toilet paper? LOL

 

[Alexander]

It would depend on the location and where in the world I would be. I wouldn't want to pick prison. Being homeless could work if I could find a homeless shelter and re-build my finances and life. It's a tricky question to answer, and there is no right or wrong answer.

 

[Stravinsk]

I've been to jail (not prison though) and I've been homeless. In jail you have shelter and food - and a whole lot of boredom and danger from others. Homelessness has it's own unique dangers and challenges, but I would choose it and try to migrate to a warmer (winter) climate if possible until I had more permanent shelter.

 

[Member4592]

If you had to choose between prison and homelessness, what would you choose and why?

Not to offend anyone in this post and I do hope that staff will respect my answer out of respect of my own beliefs.

But I would strongly choose suicide over both and dying isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes it's a release and not a punishment. I'd shoot myself because I refuse to suffer on the streets or be molested and humiliated by a prisoner in a jail cell. That's not living.

 

[tango]

Not to offend anyone in this post and I do hope that staff will respect my answer out of respect of my own beliefs.

But I would strongly choose suicide over both. I refuse to suffer on the streets or be molested and humiliated by a prisoner in a jail cell.

If instead of "on the streets" (suggesting being homeless in a city) you were homeless in a rural area, would that change your thoughts? In a city you have more people who may give you some change but also many dangers. In a very rural area you'd potentially be able to find more places to sleep, more food to forage, and face less danger when sleeping.

 

[Member4592]

If instead of "on the streets" (suggesting being homeless in a city) you were homeless in a rural area, would that change your thoughts? In a city you have more people who may give you some change but also many dangers. In a very rural area you'd potentially be able to find more places to sleep, more food to forage, and face less danger when sleeping.

No. I'd still shoot myself. At some point it's not living. I dealt with being homeless a few times, it was temporary and it was horrible. I won't go back to it. I'd trade all of the bs you get from being homeless and from prison for a 9mm bullet. My sister is a cop and she's seen a ton the of crap that goes on in prison and it's not a place anyone wants to be in. A quick death is better. I wouldn't deal with it. Rather be dead instead if I had to. I made a promise to myself a long time ago that if I ever lost my kids and everyone I loved, including my home and the rest of my savings. I'd do it and pull the trigger in a heart beat.

 

[tango]

No. I'd still shoot myself. At some point it's not living. I dealt with being homeless a few times, it was temporary and it was horrible. I won't go back to it. I'd trade all of the bs you get from being homeless and from prison for a 9mm bullet. My sister is a cop and she's seen a ton the of crap that goes on in prison and it's not a place anyone wants to be in. A quick death is better. I wouldn't deal with it. Rather be dead instead if I had to. I made a promise to myself a long time ago that if I ever lost my kids and everyone I loved, including my home and the rest of my savings. I'd do it and pull the trigger in a heart beat.

I can't imagine trying to survive being homeless somewhere that gets brutally cold. I've never been homeless myself so can't speak from experience but having lived in the city and in the country I can imagine being homeless in the country would be easier. It certainly seems that finding a safe place to sleep in the middle of nowhere would be easier than trying to find a shop doorway or bench or something, knowing you need to be awake before the city comes back to life and the chances are very high that people will be passing right beside you while you sleep.

 

[Member4592]

I can't imagine trying to survive being homeless somewhere that gets brutally cold. I've never been homeless myself so can't speak from experience but having lived in the city and in the country I can imagine being homeless in the country would be easier. It certainly seems that finding a safe place to sleep in the middle of nowhere would be easier than trying to find a shop doorway or bench or something, knowing you need to be awake before the city comes back to life and the chances are very high that people will be passing right beside you while you sleep.

Still wouldn't do the homeless thing. If I was told to give up my home or found out that I was going prison for a very long time. I'd go grab my one way out by my bedside and flip off the world while I pulled the trigger. I go out on my terms. I'm an all or nothing guy.