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by the-dude 2053 days ago
Do you have a handful of examples where this worked well?
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iso947 2053 days ago
Not abolished entirely, but every western country has a better prison system than US

Here’s a handful of examples of reducing prison intake

https://www.mic.com/articles/109138/sweden-has-done-for-its-...

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/youth-offenders_balancing-punis...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/12/why-are-there-...

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the-dude 2053 days ago
That is a different claim entirely. I am from NL btw : "better" systems have their own set of problems.
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