Henry Ruggs III involved in serious car accident (Update: To be charged with DUI resulting in death)

[mdb-tpet]

we have literally let the inmates run the asylum.

I agree that our prison systems should be run much more like the military in that they should return to the absolute basics and learn/relearn how to be a functional human. Start with learning to make your bed, brush your teeth, wash/fold your clothes, cook your own food, wash your own dishes, clean your space, learn a vocation, and manage your own time properly, or it's something like dig and fill ditches all day. Lazing around and lifting weights/planning who to jump when the guards aren't looking, NOPE.

 

[bvandegraff]

I agree that our prison systems should be run much more like the military in that they should return to the absolute basics and learn/relearn how to be a functional human. Start with learning to make your bed, brush your teeth, wash/fold your clothes, cook your own food, wash your own dishes, clean your space, learn a vocation, and manage your own time properly, or it's something like dig and fill ditches all day. Lazing around and lifting weights/planning who to jump when the guards aren't looking, NOPE.

I agree, but nobody these days win elections by promising to make prisons places of actual rehabilitation or correction, or by creating opportunities for released inmates to become productive, tax-paying members of society. A military-style approach to incarceration would likely reduce recidivism.

 

[CajunCrimson]

I agree, but nobody these days win elections by promising to make prisons places of actual rehabilitation or correction, or by creating opportunities for released inmates to become productive, tax-paying members of society. A military-style approach to incarceration would likely reduce recidivism.

And maybe give them a place to go after prison.

 

[CajunCrimson]

I agree, but nobody these days win elections by promising to make prisons places of actual rehabilitation or correction, or by creating opportunities for released inmates to become productive, tax-paying members of society. A military-style approach to incarceration would likely reduce recidivism.

And maybe give them a place to go after prison.

 

[81usaf92]

I agree that our prison systems should be run much more like the military in that they should return to the absolute basics and learn/relearn how to be a functional human. Start with learning to make your bed, brush your teeth, wash/fold your clothes, cook your own food, wash your own dishes, clean your space, learn a vocation, and manage your own time properly, or it's something like dig and fill ditches all day. Lazing around and lifting weights/planning who to jump when the guards aren't looking, NOPE.

You do realize that in most super max facilities that guards and inmates have almost zero interaction with each other the first two years of Incarceration. They are far more effective outcomes than ones with guard interactions and putting them in general pop. Taking away socialization has been proven to be far more effective than regimentation.

Everyone loves to talk about making everyone do military training, and they get this idea because of what they heard or seen on beyond scared straight. Well two things…. 1) you are basically giving a career field that mostly failed police psych evaluations the permission to act with unhinged aggression and 2) the data on the scared straight and juvenile rehabilitation programs have largely been proven ineffective through decades of research.

Going through basic training doesn’t make you a better person. All it really does is teach you basic skills and gets you in shape. There is a reason they back off after the basic training phase and it’s because they don’t want mindless zombies. The mind can only take so much before it becomes so dependent on that type of lifestyle that you can’t live without it. You are creating institutionalized inmates that will never be able to work in the outside world.

 

[bvandegraff]

And maybe give them a place to go after prison.

Yep. If they have nowhere to go and no way to earn a living, they'll end up right back in prison. Jobs training programs in conjunction with local businesses that included closely supervised employment after release would seem to be a good thing, but again, no politician will have anything like that on their platforms.

 

[NationalTitles18]

Yep. If they have nowhere to go and no way to earn a living, they'll end up right back in prison. Jobs training programs in conjunction with local businesses that included closely supervised employment after release would seem to be a good thing, but again, no politician will have anything like that on their platforms.

If you know where to look and are willing to look there they can be found - right on their platforms even. The desire to reduce recidivism is pretty much universal, but not everyone is willing to do what it takes to get there. And not all will accept help that is given. People are a messy lot.

 

[81usaf92]

Yep. If they have nowhere to go and no way to earn a living, they'll end up right back in prison. Jobs training programs in conjunction with local businesses that included closely supervised employment after release would seem to be a good thing, but again, no politician will have anything like that on their platforms.

Becoming institutionalized is easy to do. It’s why the military at some point backs off and allows you to become an individual again. It’s why I firmly reject this notion of military style prisons.

The problem with prisons is quiet honestly we have far way too many people in for lesser crimes and we basically make them professional criminals by sending them to prison. But this is drifting far too close to NS so whatever.

 

[dayhiker]

Though in absentia, Henry Ruggs was one of the graduates at the University of Alabama’s fall commencement on Saturday. Ruggs, who is serving a prison sentence for vehicular homicide in Nevada, completed his degree remotely and made the President’s List in his last semester. He is eligible for parole next August.

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[BamaMoon]

I've read he wants to try to play again. Don't know what the NFL will do with that desire.

I'm surprised he's already qualified for parole.

 

[dtgreg]

I've read he wants to try to play again. Don't know what the NFL will do with that desire.

I'm surprised he's already qualified for parole.

Could be his reps have been in contact with the family of those killed and they would be for releasing him in exchange for 50% (or whatever negotiated) of his future earnings.

 

[arthurdawg]

I've read he wants to try to play again. Don't know what the NFL will do with that desire.

I'm surprised he's already qualified for parole.

The lady who died was burned to death. Horrible.

 

[bamaga]

Though in absentia, Henry Ruggs was one of the graduates at the University of Alabama’s fall commencement on Saturday. Ruggs, who is serving a prison sentence for vehicular homicide in Nevada, completed his degree remotely and made the President’s List in his last semester. He is eligible for parole next August.

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News Jamarion Miller and Justin Jefferson have accepted invitations to participate in the 2026 Panini Senior Bowl Juwan Simpson has been named head football coach at Hazel Green High School in Madison County. Simpson, who had a stellar career in the Canadian Football League, most recently...

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He had the time . Just saying. But good for Henry. His actions caused a young woman to die horribly, and that will never be forgotten. But by all accounts he was/is a good kid, that made a mistake. I’m torn on how I feel about him. The good kid that has made the best of his incarceration deserves a second chance, but he caused a young woman to burn to death.

 

[AlexanderFan]

He had the time . Just saying. But good for Henry. His actions caused a young woman to die horribly, and that will never be forgotten. But by all accounts he was/is a good kid, that made a mistake. I’m torn on how I feel about him. The good kid that has made the best of his incarceration deserves a second chance, but he caused a young woman to burn to death.

I think this falls under “stupid negligence”, and not “criminal negligence “ in my mind. I have no skin in the game, and would never do what Henry did, he’s just like a lot of the morons around, never thinking it could happen to him.

 

[Elefantman]

He's paying his debt to society and all he can do is pay the family restitution and ask for their forgiveness. Personally, I couldn't forgive myself for doing something like that.

 

[dayhiker]

He had the time . Just saying. But good for Henry. His actions caused a young woman to die horribly, and that will never be forgotten. But by all accounts he was/is a good kid, that made a mistake. I’m torn on how I feel about him. The good kid that has made the best of his incarceration deserves a second chance, but he caused a young woman to burn to death.

Or, it could just be, well done on earning your degree....period, end of sentence. The finishing the degree shouldn't have anything to do with how people feel about being up for parole.