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Re:In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitat... by fwip on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @02:11PM (#38845658)
Most people in prison have not killed another person, or even committed physical violence against another person. Many used to be those kids who grew up without a good safety net or family life, or adults who became homeless or addicted to drugs.

Here are the stats for federal prisoners: https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offen...

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Re:In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitat... by gustavus on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @02:14PM (#38845703)
I mean not to argue against your point, but Federal prisoners are generally not going to have committed violent crimes as those kind of crimes are the purview of the state and lead to state incarceration not federal.
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Re:In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitat... by fwip on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @08:34PM (#38849616)
Ah, good point! Indeed, when I pull up state-level prison data, it appears that closer to 2/3rds of current prisoners in state prison were convicted of violent felonies.
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