My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by heyoni on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:39PM (#24653051)

I think the real issue is that we don’t rehabilitate, so under our current system of justice, I would argue that it’s normal for someone to feel something in proximity of such a convict. The reason being, they were probably treated like an animal for over a decade. Give them hope and some courses to get their shit together and suddenly I’m less worried about the whole situation.

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Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by moate on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:45PM (#24653139)

So a whole lot of "not in my neighborhood".

It has to start somewhere. Like...giving them a good paying job in a thriving industry. You're contradicting yourself and you only wrote 3 sentences. You've being shown the proof of how we can rehabilitate and then going "but IDK, doesn't seem good enough..."

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Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by heyoni on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:12PM (#24653502)

I’m not being clear. I am sympathizing with OP. Because we know recidivism is higher when you don’t rehabilitate, sitting next to a violate offender carries some risk.

However, when you do rehabilitate, even violent offenders can lead mostly normal lives as is the case here.

I agree, it has to start somewhere, but because our current system acts as a self fulfilling prophecy, it’s going to be very hard to enact change, though I’m all for it.

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