Baltimorei

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?... Perhaps the flaw is in assuming that incarcerating people in a punitive fashion, as we do,...will achieve changes in behavior....

There is a tired old statement that insanity is repeating the same thing twice and expecting different outcomes. We've tried more and more punitive punishment for criminals. That hasn't worked in reducing recidivism....

jesus Christ, I have to really wonder about ya'll who apparently don't let live in high crime neighborhoods.

jp, I appreciate perps being locked up for however many moments in order to give my community a freaking rest from their shenanigans.

Go forth and and expound on the nature of criminal rehabilitation and restorative justice and etc. It is the internet, after all. But some of us are real people with communities where we look out for one another against the bad guys. Make no mistake, the bad guys are real. Talk amongst yourselves to solve societal problems, it doesn't hurt anything.

of COURSE prison does not rehabilitate anyone! Throwing whatever amount of money at that problem won't work, just like throwing money at poor families and poor communities doesn't fix the problem.