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Re:Study: All non-violent criminals jailed on minor drug off... by aaomidi on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:21PM (#25733298)
> There is no reason to trust that a person who spent time in prison is more safe after than they were before. In many cases, it's common for people to become more dangerous because of stay in prison.

We can't effectively rehabilitate when we have so many people in prison.

Our rates of re-offense are also messy because we literally don't give people another option other than returning to crime.

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Re:Study: All non-violent criminals jailed on minor drug off... by totony on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:41PM (#25738677)
>We can't effectively rehabilitate when we have so many people in prison.

But the reason we have so many people in prison is that we have stupid laws that mark as jail-able offenses the stupidest stuff. Just take financial fraud, why must someone be jailed for that? Are they a menace if outside?

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