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Re:More jails replace in-person visits with awful video chat... by wefarrell on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:49PM (#19608873)
Why not provide a financial incentive to reduce recidivism? Is that not currently the case?
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Re:More jails replace in-person visits with awful video chat... by dragonwriter on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:53PM (#19608904)
> Why not provide a financial incentive to reduce recidivism? Is that not currently the case?

Because then prison officials would have incentives to aid ex-prisoners in avoiding being identified as perpetrators of later crimes.

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