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That said, locking people in cages, treating them with inhumanity and violence, then releasing them into a world where they now have a harder time functioning i
by jchook 6y ago
That said, locking people in cages, treating them with inhumanity and violence, then releasing them into a world where they now have a harder time functioning in society and finding legitimate work doesn’t sound like a genius plan to solve psychopaths.
- jlawson 6y agoIt's easy to criticize without suggesting any alternative.
- mhuffman 6y agoThe typical suggested alternative is "treatment", ie. hospital -jail!
- wildrhythms 6y agoAbolish the archaic punitive prison system. Focus solely on reform and rehabilitation. Return the right to vote to all federal prisoners. Abolish the most common driving force for violent crime: wealth inequality. Abolish the most common driving force for white collar crime: capitalism. Is that what you wanted to hear?
- SilasX 6y agoThat's an argument for having more humane prisons, not for abolishing prisons in the sense of "place where you are confined from interaction with the non-sociopaths until you can be less sociopathic".
- jchook 6y agoIn an ideal world prisons would look so unlike our prisons that we wouldn’t call them prisons anymore.
- TulliusCicero 6y agoAgreed. Current US prisons are fucking awful. Treating people like animals isn't going to inspire them to be better. Drastic reform is necessary.