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Results matter. Incarceration is great for satisfying a need for punishment and vengeance, but as correction it has been clearly demonstrated to make problems
by m0llusk 7y ago
Results matter. Incarceration is great for satisfying a need for punishment and vengeance, but as correction it has been clearly demonstrated to make problems worse. Jails and prisons function as networks for criminals to connect and share and are extremely effective at promoting gang activity. If we want to deal with problems then we are going to have to stoop to the kind of methods that are used with medical care such as pledging to do no harm and using evidence based interventions.
- mulmen 7y agoI clarified in other comments but we also need reform in our jails and prisons. What we do today is just release people to the street which also doesn’t work. The point is if you break the law the state should have the ability to force corrections. I’m completely in support of reinventing what those corrections are.