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1. The US has the most incarcerated people per capita in OECD 2. US prisons seem to be awful. They should be about rehabilitation, but they are focused on puni
by iknowstuff 5y ago
1. The US has the most incarcerated people per capita in OECD
2. US prisons seem to be awful. They should be about rehabilitation, but they are focused on punishment.
3. Because of point 2, we are reluctant to imprison some offenders, in fear of destroying their lives and chances of rehabilitation.
4. The cash bail system is not the norm across the world. It is weird to only jail people who can't afford to pay.
Are there any attempts to copy Norway's Halden prison in the US?
- xtracto 5y ago> 2. US prisons seem to be awful. They should be about rehabilitation, but they are focused on punishment. Just the other day I watched a video of an interview of an American person who spent time in a prison here in Mexico. He described American prison as "a hotel" when compared to Mexican prisons. There is a really good documentary about a prison in Tijuana [1] showing an example of that. My point being that prisons in the USA are actually quite good, compared to most prisons in the world. That doesn't make them acceptable. The problem is that the general idea of the prison system in the world just doesn't seem to be working. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqi4ZpR2OWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqi4ZpR2OWI
- baybal2 5y ago> 1. The US has the most incarcerated people per capita in OECD But Russia (a suspended OECD member) beats it for a total number of people who been through the prison system. 10%+ of men to be exact.