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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by Mc_Big_G on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:35AM (#19462884)
Are you suggesting we've actually TRIED rehabilitation? If so, I think our definitions differ. We haven't tried anything besides incarceration.
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by moosey on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:42AM (#19462938)
We don't have rehabilitation, we have punishment. It doesn't matter if we call it rehabilitation, if it is only punitive, it's still not rehabilitation.

Other places have rehabilitation, and it appears to work.

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