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Have you considered that perhaps prison shouldn’t be hell? To my knowledge there is no evidence that horrible prisons in any way reduce crime vs decent prisons.
by dpark 8y ago
Have you considered that perhaps prison shouldn’t be hell? To my knowledge there is no evidence that horrible prisons in any way reduce crime vs decent prisons. I believe there’s quite a bit of evidence in the other direction, and that prisons which emphasize learning life skills rather than surviving hell reduce recidivism.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoYou’re arguing the idea of 3 hots and a cot - vs reality of prison. A “nice” prison isn’t someplace you want to be.
- dpark 8y agoOf course not, which is the point. No one wants to be in prison. Making prison a horrible place of violence and rape doesn’t make recidivism less likely.
- logfromblammo 8y agoIf anything, the violent criminals that do reoffend will be more willing to do additional, more severe crimes to avoid capture. Instead of surrendering, the criminal might carjack someone and lead a high-speed chase, where the criminal is more likely to either escape or die than return to prison. Making prisons low-key torture facilities doesn't help anyone other than the "tough on crime" politicians that encourage such conditions in order to get cheap votes from people whose moral development is at Kohlberg's stage 4 or lower.
- ihsw2 8y agoRehabilitation is unrelated to improving the stability and security of society.