Discussion questions
Ex-cons and prison guards. What do you think needs to change about our prison system to
better reform convicts?
Our prison system is working as intended, to create as many possibilities for a
offender to re-offend. For our prison system to have any chance of becoming
a way to rehabilitate, the laws which govern our judicial system and the over
policing and systematic disenfranchisement of minority and poverty stricken
areas must end.
People that hold “abolish the police” and “abolish prisons” views (not defund or reform) -
what do you propose in place of these systems when serious crime is committed?
While I have reform based views; I think if we didn't have any systems
anymore to handle some serious shit going down. I think the best thing we
could do is honestly figure out why did they what they did and just isolate
them from society for the rest of their life. Might as well, killing them takes
more paper work, man power, time and effort and energy. Comparable
statistics even show; you try to kill someone you gotta do it right and by the
said letter of the said law
What is prison reform and why are people fighting for it?
m not totally educated on this subject but ig bunch of people feel as if the
punishments for certain people are not justified or inhumane. Many have good
points and its something that should alert leaders.
@Captain_Blazzma: A shift away from private for profit prisons that want as
many people for as long as possible to get state funding. To a system that
actually ttys to rehabilitate inmates so that they don't fall into a cycle or
reincarnation. People are fighting it because like any large private company
they gave money, lobbiests, and most politicians are easily bought.
@mxmnull: There's an idea going around that the current prison system in
America doesn't work because it punishes instead of trying to make the
prisoner into a better person. But a lot of people believe that changing that
system can only make things worse.
@Joderry: It's illegal to host a prom in American prisons and that's not very
cash money of them.
f the point of prison is reform the criminal, why do rapists and murderers
always get told to rot in jail forever?
Furthermore, don’t George Floyd’s murderers ever get a chance to grow as
people?
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@Digitman801: The justice system is not just about reform, it's also about
separating dangerous people from society at large.
@skyderper13: that's supposed to be the point perhaps, but that's not how
american prisons do it
@TheApiary: Prisons have four separate points, and they are all mushed
together so that they don't actually do any of them really well:
(1) Retribution: you deserve something bad because you did something bad
(2) Individual deterrence: making this person less likely to do it again
(3) General deterrence: making other people less likely to do the same thing
(4) Rehabilitation: making the person who did it into a better person
If we decided which of those we really care about, we could design a system
that is better at doing it, but now we try to do all of them at the same time and
it doesn't work very well at any of them
@MrBrianWeldon: Because they are rapists and murderers.
@Drewcifer107910: Juvenile facilities are designed for rehabilitation. Adult
prisons are designed more for punishment and separating criminals from the
rest of society.
How do you think we should reform prisons?
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What kind of prison reform program do you think would be beneficial for the
rehabilitation of inmates?
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More opportunities for those who are well behaved to pursue education and
work. Harsher punishment and isolation for those who commit crimes while
incarcerated.
@ThatsAMax: guillotine
@Braith117: Step 1: do away with minimum mandatory sentencing. It benefits
no one.
Step 2: stop renewing private prison contracts and pass a federal regulation
saying they can't sue to be required to remain open.
Step 3: focus the money that was saved by not having so many extra
prisoners into work training programs, educational facilities, and so on.
@StarterX4: Laogai-type Labor camps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laogai
If the goal of prison is rehab and reform why do we even have life sentences.
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If we were to reform the prison system, what do you think the best way to do it would be
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@Adrenalchrome: 1 Unprivatize immediately!
2 This is justice system and not prison per se, but abolish mandatory
minimum sentencing, especially for drugs.
3 Put more focus into it helping the inmates because better people who
function within society.
4 Realize that most crime is committed by a very few people. Almost an
inverse 1%. Understand that unfortunately, some people you can't fix. So we
keep those people locked up and away from society. But we shouldn't be
dicks about it. We should try and give them respect, dignity, a few comforts,
etc.
@fishstickstampeed: No more life imprisonment. If you're sentenced to 40
years or more, you get executed by the end of the month.
@slovenator: Legalize drugs. Shift resources from drug crime enforcement to
drug addiction
