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When inmates at one of the most notoriously dysfunctional jails spend a few hours in soiled clothes with poop on the floor, it's news. That's every day in Civic
by closeparen 4y ago
When inmates at one of the most notoriously dysfunctional jails spend a few hours in soiled clothes with poop on the floor, it's news. That's every day in Civic Center.
There's a point at which freedom and independence aren't working for someone. Maybe with more resources it could work. But sometimes you need to be in the care of an institution from which you cannot just wander away. This seems obvious... I genuinely do not understand. Do you think there is no such threshold? Or do you think the people hanging out in Civic Center right now aren't over it?
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- cpuguy83 4y agoLet's shove everyone into a horrifying place that is already overcrowded and unable to take care of it's inmates and does very little to rehabilitate anyone. At least we won't see them anymore, right?
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- munk-a 4y agoI think it's extremely important to differentiate between prisons (which, honestly, need some work anyways) and institutions that specialize in mental healthcare and drug addiction treatment that include mandatory stays. Both of these types of confinement can be described as "incarceration" but they are quite different.