[jjmarr]

> Prison isn't primarily meant to rehabilitate; you are almost certainly right that it will do the exact opposite in this case.

Prisons are meant for rehabilitation in Finland, where the case was decided. And the system maintains a lower recidivism rate than the US with a lower incarceration rate + less crime.

https://yle.fi/a/3-11214953

The underlying stats show that rehabilitative models with lighter sentences are better.

[zoklet-enjoyer]

Some people can't be rehabilitated

[ceejayoz]

Given the respective recividism rates, it seems clear that quite a few can be who aren't in the more punitive systems.

[kelseyfrog]

What's your scissor for determining who is which?