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by ahh 1594 days ago
That's nice. Feel free to fix the prison system at any time; if the people who come out don't commit more crimes, I'll be happy.

In the meantime, imprison the people who do commit crimes, and if they do so again after they're out, imprison them again.
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gaganyaan 1594 days ago
Such a smooth-brained take.

There's a reason prisons are called "schools for crime", and it's because of silly lines like "if they do so again [...], imprison them again". Please actually think, and eventually realize that reducing recidivism rates is how you get your "people who come out don't commit more crimes".

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AnimalMuppet 1594 days ago
If you've got a way of reducing recidivism, we'd all love to see it. In the meantime, though, throwing insults at ahh doesn't actually refute his/her position.
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gaganyaan 1593 days ago
It's not a secret, it's common sense:

> Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world; in 2016, only 20% of inmates re-offended within 5 years. [...] Norway's prisons are renowned for being some of the best and most humane in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_Norway

Treat people like people, it's that simple. Attitudes like ahh's arise from not expanding past using their lizard brain. They create more of the problem they purport to complain about. Straight contradiction.

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ahh 1593 days ago
You are welcome to advocate for pleasant, humane prisons. Run whatever antirecidivism campaigns you wish there. If they work, that's great.

In either case: send people who commit crime to those prisons. If they do it again, send them back.

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gaganyaan 1593 days ago
This isn't some theoretical thing. Countries with sane laws around this see far lower recidivism rates, today.

The proof is in the pudding, and your pudding is rotten. Give it some actual thought.

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