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I think the logic is always along the lines of "If they did it once, they are probably capable of doing it again. Is society obligated to give them opportuniti
by bluefirebrand 4y ago
I think the logic is always along the lines of "If they did it once, they are probably capable of doing it again. Is society obligated to give them opportunities to do so"
If you strongly believe prison is for rehabilitation, you probably want to give people plenty of chances.
If you strongly believe prison is for punishment, then likely you give people few chances and want their crimes to follow them forever.
The best approach is probably neither extreme but something more balanced with a case by case appraisal based on risk.
- captainredbeard 4y agoFalse dichotomy: another possible driver is imprisonment in order to sequester dangerous people away. Not punishment, not rehab, but protection.
- quantified 4y agoEffectively prison, but if you're not after the punishment aspect after a certain length of time the setting might be different. Not as cool a place as Australia, but there's a lot of federal land.
- londgine 4y agothere's another option. I want prison to be for rehabilitation, to the point where someone's sentence can be extended / reduced based on how they recovered (not sure how to measure that). however, I also believe that US prisons are not like that. therefore, until the prisons get reformed, I will treat ex-cons as not rehabilitated.