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> the number of state prisoners that have had 15 or more prior arrests is over 26% So one reading of this statistic is "incarcerating people turns them into c
by hotspot_one 2y ago
> the number of state prisoners that have had 15 or more prior arrests is over 26%
So one reading of this statistic is
"incarcerating people turns them into criminals"
which suggests that maybe the better way is something else than locking people up and giving them a black mark which prevents them ever getting a viable job?
- StanislavPetrov 2y ago>which suggests that maybe the better way is something else than locking people up and giving them a black mark which prevents them ever getting a viable job? The fact is that there are a sizeable number of people, for a variety of reasons, who don't have the interest or capacity in holding a viable job. It would be nice if this wasn't the case, but the world exists as it exists, not as we wish it would.