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In reply to the discussion: Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates: Free him, 'conditions suck' [View all]Kaleva
(38,627 posts)51. Sources?
Last edited Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:45 AM - Edit history (1)
"Analyzed separately, violent instant offenders and violent prior offenders both recidivated at a higher rate and for more serious crimes than non-violent offenders."
https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/recidivism-among-federal-violent-offenders
Basically, a violent person is far more likely to continue being a violent person and end up back in prison while a nonviolent offender is far less likely to commit more crime after being released.
Which would suggest, at least to me, that our prison system doesn't turn petty or non violent criminals into violent criminals.
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Is prison supposed to be a punishment because of loss of freedom, or more than that?
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 12
#22
The money we spend on policing and incarceration defunds schools, libaries, social programs and other things that
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 12
#40
the carceral system is intimately connected to policing, education, judicial and other institutions.
Voltaire2
Dec 12
#43
No and a huge number of them are mentally ill and have substance abuse problems.
kerry-is-my-prez
Dec 12
#48
I think there are more inmates who are worthy of freedom. Let's start with them.
LeftInTX
Dec 12
#42