More Trying To Go Back To Jail In Tough Times

[Richard]

POSTED: Sunday, December 21, 2008
 
DETROIT -- It's a sign of tough times in the Detroit area where outreach experts say recently freed inmates are making a conscious decisions to get thrown back in jail.

The experts say that for some, the relative security of a warm building and three meals a day beats being homeless and hungry in the community.

Detroit has, by many measures, replaced New Orleans as America's most beleaguered city.

The jobless rate has climbed past 21 percent, tens of thousands of homes and stores are abandoned and the ex-mayor is in jail for a text-messaging sex scandal. Even the pro football team is in tatters -- the Lions are within two losses of an unprecedented 0-16 season.

Underlying it all is the near-collapse of the U.S. auto industry, Detroit's vital source of jobs and status for more than a century.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/1832...etail.html#-

[Menkaure]

And it shows. Don't dare go south of 8 Mile! You are in hell then.

[Richard]

The last time I was in Detroit was 10 years ago and it wasn’t looking too good then. I can imagine what it looks today. I saw on the news that some houses are going for a $1 out there.

I don’t know if the auto bailout is going to help Detroit or not. The big problem is banks sitting on their money and not lending it. People want to buy cars but they can’t get loans. It’s like the Illuminati is deliberately killing the economy. Probably because they want to change us to the Amero.

[Richard]

Depression Hits Detroit: Average home price $18,513 - Unemployment rate 21%

Tribble Ad Agency
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008

The Great Depression has reached Detroit. The average price of a home is now $18,513 and unemployment has reached 21%, and it’s expected to get worse. Detroit is facing a crisis of epic proportions that officially puts Detroit statistically (and real term) on par with the great depression. Many readers of Tribble Ad Agency are advertising centric.. and due to the rash of layoffs within all Detroit Advertising firms has put the city on the map for the wrong reasons.

It has become the center of all that is wrong with America… and nothing of what is right.

For example, the crime rate has fallen…. because of lack of targets within the city. Meaning there is nothing left to steal. In fact, even the criminals don’t want to leave jail.

Heard confirmed that some offenders, notably those without homes of their own, were now expressing reluctance to leave jail when their sentences were done.

Home values have plummeted to levels not seen in 1/2 a century… and the 21% unemployment has in some cases been projected to double within 12 months if the auto industry totally collapses.

To make matters even worse, Detroit has superseded New Orleans as the “worst city” in America…. but New Orleans had a Hurricane they could assign blame to… Detroit has no such natural disaster crutch.

“It’s a depression — not a recession,” McDuell said, with the authority of someone who has lived through both. “It will get worse before it gets better.”

It’s a man-made disaster.

Regarding a local food bank in Detroit that has seen record numbers of individuals entering the system:

“Many people are first-timers — they have no idea how to navigate the system, how to qualify for food stamps,” Wells said. “Last year, some were donors — now they’re clients.”

In short, last year they donated money into the system… now they are feeding from it because they themselves are in hard financial times.

Detroit needs a miracle, the chances of it showing a resurgence is slim to none in the current economic outlook.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/depression-h...te-21.html