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There's something deeply diseased about a country that spends so much on policing but still has high crime rates and (nearly) the highest imprisonment rate in t

• psychlops 2y ago
  It's almost as if policing and imprisonment isn't the solution to crime.
  • hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
    Perhaps a healthy society doesn't have as much crime, criminality, prisons, mass shootings, overdose epidemics, homelessness, or inequality. Maybe, I dunno, people should have healthcare, prescriptions, mental healthcare, housing, community support to succeed and build a pleasant life, and fair wages. Healthy societies don't have all that much crime, but the unhealthy ones build walls, prisons, and gates to "contain" it without addressing it.
  • overstay8930 2y ago
    Only people who don’t understand how crime works say this. Ask Europe how well their criminal justice system is working out right now. Spoiler alert: it’s mostly falling apart, because it turns out there are people who should not be able to roam free in society. I mean come on man you saw what happened in Honduras, mass arrests of criminals with indefinite sentences, and criminals suddenly did not want to be criminals anymore. Germany is having a political crisis because criminals don’t face consequences. They “rehab” and go back to committing crime because there is no downside.
    • schmidt_fifty 2y ago
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