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The War On Redemption sucks so much I don't even want to know anymore. The past was better when we left it in the past.

by WarOnPrivacy 5y ago

heavyset_go 5y ago
I'm just curious about what warrants a 5 year news blackout for security reasons.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  It's just standard policy at a lot of detention facilities in the USA.
  - WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
    That doesn't explain what warrants it tho.
    - kingcharles 5y ago
      Oh, nothing warrants it at all. The jails just like to control everything, even if there is no reason for it. Their policy is basically restrict everything and then dial back once sued.
riffraff 5y ago
What is the war on redemption? I have never heard this expression before and cursory searching does not yield anything. I have an inkling of what you may mean, but I'd like to know more.
- Kiro 5y ago
  It's not the same person replying to you.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
  It's a label I use to group together the ways that society continuously ruins a transgressor's life, long after they've paid their penalty. By moving the goalposts further and further away, we've made redemption effectively impossible & wiped out the strongest motivations for people to learn and improve from mistakes (penalized by justice systems).
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    Amen, brother. 90% of the people I saw in jail were there because of this. Once they had a black mark against them society would not let them reenter and they were forced onto the margins where inevitably something would happen that would cause them to reenter the justice system. Sometimes something as small as not being able to get to an AA meeting because they had no transport. Maybe 25% of the jail population were those who had made a minor transgression while on an ankle monitor awaiting trial and were rearrested for it. The lawmakers in Illinois recently passed a law allowing you to be able to buy groceries while on an ankle monitor, but just before the law became effective it was rescinded.

The War On Redemption sucks so much I don't even want to know anymore. The past was better when we left it in the past.

heavyset_go 5y ago

I'm just curious about what warrants a 5 year news blackout for security reasons.

kingcharles 5y ago
It's just standard policy at a lot of detention facilities in the USA.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
  That doesn't explain what warrants it tho.
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    Oh, nothing warrants it at all. The jails just like to control everything, even if there is no reason for it. Their policy is basically restrict everything and then dial back once sued.

riffraff 5y ago

What is the war on redemption? I have never heard this expression before and cursory searching does not yield anything. I have an inkling of what you may mean, but I'd like to know more.

Kiro 5y ago
It's not the same person replying to you.
WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
It's a label I use to group together the ways that society continuously ruins a transgressor's life, long after they've paid their penalty. By moving the goalposts further and further away, we've made redemption effectively impossible & wiped out the strongest motivations for people to learn and improve from mistakes (penalized by justice systems).
- kingcharles 5y ago
  Amen, brother. 90% of the people I saw in jail were there because of this. Once they had a black mark against them society would not let them reenter and they were forced onto the margins where inevitably something would happen that would cause them to reenter the justice system. Sometimes something as small as not being able to get to an AA meeting because they had no transport. Maybe 25% of the jail population were those who had made a minor transgression while on an ankle monitor awaiting trial and were rearrested for it. The lawmakers in Illinois recently passed a law allowing you to be able to buy groceries while on an ankle monitor, but just before the law became effective it was rescinded.