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The root cause is that a huge portion of the US population sees prisons entirely from a punitive point of view. Want to reduce prison sentences? Improve condit
by vinaypai 3y ago
The root cause is that a huge portion of the US population sees prisons entirely from a punitive point of view. Want to reduce prison sentences? Improve conditions? You're soft on crime!
- troupe 3y ago> Improve conditions? It seems like there might be room for improving conditions in ways that will help prevent them from being back in prison later. Education and working in a way that develops skills are two ways that come to mind.
- crooked-v 3y agoThere are plenty of people who oppose those, too, because it's time not spent making the prisoners feel bad.
- thebooktocome 3y agoGood luck making that argument to the median voter. The entire conservative wing believes prisoners deserve torture (unless it’s them or their immediate family); half of the center-left is too busy projecting a “tough on crime” image to give much thought about improving conditions. Even if you can prove a non-profit, non-funded program reduces recidivism, if it also happens to make prisoners’ lives marginally better in the process, that’s an immediate no.
- vinaypai 3y agoI agree entirely, but a lot of people don't and just want to increase prison sentences and make prisons harsher.