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Why would you want someone who commits a violent crime to avoid prison?
by monero-xmr 8mo ago
Why would you want someone who commits a violent crime to avoid prison?
- nullocator 8mo agoMost offenders in the U.S. prison system that U.S. citizens tax dollars are paying for are not violent offenders, at least not until they've been in and out of the prison system at least once, then their chances of committing additional crimes sky rocket. So to answer your sneakily worded question (throwing in the word violent like some kind of gotcha for the first time): I personally don't want more people in prison because I think it is wasteful both in terms of capital and in terms of human experience, there are proven better alternatives like rehabilitation that work for most people and have significantly better outcomes, and finally because the united states prison system is effectively captured by corporate interests which is antithetical to a society that should be against cruel punishments.
- monero-xmr 8mo agoSure but as long as we are on the same page about aggressively pursuing and incarcerating violent criminals
- co_king_5 8mo ago[dead]
- monero-xmr 8mo agoI’m glad you agree we need to aggressively prosecute violent crime, which is something that is not aggressively pursued in my large blue American city
- co_king_5 8mo ago[dead]
- odie5533 8mo agoWhy is your focus so narrow on ensuring people get punished for crimes rather than ensuring there is no crime? We have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Increasing that isn't going to turn us into Iceland.
- polski-g 7mo agoIncarceration isn't for punishment. It's not for justice. It's not for rehabilitation. It's too protect society from the evil doer.