US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate'

Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by defrost on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:13PM (#42605876)

Various by system - South Africa has a 9 out of 10 recidivism rate, the US 7 out of 10, Finland 3 out of 10. China, reportedly, has just over 1 out of 10 .. although the reason there is they apparently execute serial recidivists.

Finland puts some effort into looking what circumstances land citizens in jail and addressing those and post time served support.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by qingcharles on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:25PM (#42605951)

Yes, sorry, my comment is specific to the USA. A lot of countries have better and/or different (China) ways of dealing with recidivism.

It's horrible that if you go to prison once, then that's basically your whole life from now on. Most people will never escape the revolving door.

Every single person I know who has been to prison is counting down the days until they end up locked up again.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by defrost on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:31PM (#42605990)

No need to apologise, the contrast is worthy of some reflection.

Australia does somewhat better than the US, but it's sharply broken on various demographics leading to rate quotes ranging from 32%, to 50%, to 60% (close to the US) depending on which populations are focused on.

FWiW the US inspires much health, education, prison, etc. policy here .. albeit more often as a counter point or warning.

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