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

Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by manuelabeledo on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:51PM (#24653227)

Anyone could be a potential murderer. I had a coworker who committed murder-suicide, and I nobody saw it coming.

In the same vein, anyone could be rehabilitated.

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Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by lostlogin on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:45PM (#24653952)

> anyone could be rehabilitated

Many systems disagree with this and have sentencing systems which allow a true life sentence. Sometimes this is due to a mental health aspect.

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Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by manuelabeledo on Thursday October 01, 2020 @05:45PM (#24656458)

Putting an ill person in jail for a lifetime sounds extremely wrong.

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Re:My friend starts her job today, after learning to program... by lostlogin on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:06PM (#24657105)

I agree. But letting someone who is dangerous live free in the community isn’t ideal either. The line is thin and blurry and has a ton of examples of being managed poorly.

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