Re:First Maine inmate enrolled in graduate school conducts r...
by michaelt on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:51AM
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> society does seem to want to spend an absurd amount of money keeping people incarcerated. But is that a wise choice?
If I told my right wing, tough-on-crime uncle that keeping people in prison was expensive, he'd say we should just shoot them as bullets are cheap, or possibly that we should cut 'luxuries' like gym equipment and free education, charge prisoners rent and force them to do hard labour.
I think people who would advocate for a more Scandinavian system are unlikely to convince my uncle on cost grounds.
If I told my right wing, tough-on-crime uncle that keeping people in prison was expensive, he'd say we should just shoot them as bullets are cheap, or possibly that we should cut 'luxuries' like gym equipment and free education, charge prisoners rent and force them to do hard labour.
I think people who would advocate for a more Scandinavian system are unlikely to convince my uncle on cost grounds.