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> My sentencing guidelines were so high because of the loss amount. > The system incarcerates people for years and expects them to go back into society and do
by komali2 1y ago
> My sentencing guidelines were so high because of the loss amount.
> The system incarcerates people for years and expects them to go back into society and do something with their life. The truth is that the programming that is offered is a world-class joke and 99% of inmates don’t really do all that well when they’re out.
Americans: Do you feel like this is justice? Do you feel like dealing with criminals this way is helping make your society healthier?
- immibis 1y agoAmerica is a punishment-oriented society at all levels. They feel good when someone else suffers. It's not meant to do anything else.
- aiku0 1y agoNo. But what can we do about it? The government is on fire right now, and just like your average developer working for a company, our moral desires are powerless.
- _DeadFred_ 1y agoYou need to give people a class below them that they can be better than. That is the permanent criminal class in the US. Our foundation was built on offering second chances to groups marginalized or persecuted in Europe. A place those cast aside by the old world could start anew, contribute to society, and reshape their destinies away from the strictures and conflicts that had defined their past. In the American wild west, criminals could go on be to lawmen. People were given a second chance. Second chances are what made America strong (that and opening our country to immigrants to give them a first chance). Modern America doesn't believe in those things. It doesn't believe in it's foundation myth on immigration and second chances. It doesn't believe in it's 'wild west' myth of immigration and second chances. We have become something very angry and ugly.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]