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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by qznc on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:57PM (#33396855)
If rehabilitation were a goal, the US could learn a lot from other countries how to do that. I don’t see that happening though. So I conclude the system has other more important goals.

The usual complaint about rehabilitation methods seems to be that they compromise the deterrence or retribution aspects.

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by HWR_14 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:26PM (#33397170)
> So I conclude the system has other more important goals.

I think you are confusing "this system is bad at achieving its goals" and "this system has other goals". The goals of the prison system are really hard. Rehabilitating people is really hard.

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