throwaway998662

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   by throwaway998662 6y ago

   Most offenses in the USA are nonviolent drug offenses. Do you think those people should get long prison sentences?
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   by throwaway998662 6y ago

   Most people who end up in prisoners in the USA are reoffenders. The USA has the highest incarceration rate in the world and very high crime rates. So when I talk about deterrence I'm mostly talking about reoffenders. I.e, the prisoners
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   by throwaway998662 6y ago

   Yeah completely agree that's what it's designed for, but to what end? What goal do we think the punishment achieves? The only useful thing about it IMO is preventing truly dangerous/sick people from interacting with the rest
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   by throwaway998662 6y ago

   I think it's because we as people tend to speak from our experiences, and I do agree that school is more authoritarian than it should be. I'm not sure what else you can do :( it's a really big systemic issue. I think we just
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   by throwaway998662 6y ago

   As someone who's been to prison and school, lots of comments here sound pretty tone deaf. Prison in the USA is really bad. Yes school is authoritarian, but most popular entertainment on prisons downplays how bad it really gets. Watch s