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Well, no, it's because jail/prison is supposed to be punishment, even though we occasionally pretend it's for rehabilitation. There are many studies like the on
by burnte 9y ago
Well, no, it's because jail/prison is supposed to be punishment, even though we occasionally pretend it's for rehabilitation. There are many studies like the one you link that show ways in which we could improve our prison system to reduce recidivism, violence, etc., but the people who run it aren't sympathetic to the inmates, and voters don't vote for politicians that run on helping those in prison.
- joshfraser 9y agoI'm sure the fact that so many of our prisons are private, for-profit entities has nothing to do with it.
- placeybordeaux 9y agoThe purpose of prisons isn't well agreed upon. It could be for keeping the population safe from people that would do them harm. It could be to punish those who do harm because those who do bad things deserve to be punish. It could be make everyone believe they will be punished if they do something wrong and therefore deter bad behavior. It could be to control someone enough to rehabilitate them. There's probably others. Not everyone agrees on which one the US judicial system obeys.