• funkajunk@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    God forbid we actually rehabilitate people instead of profiting off of their enslavement and not actually giving a shit if they get better or not.

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      2 days ago

      Paraphrasing a Scandinavian who gave an interview I once saw in a TV documentary about the correction system in some nordic country:

      Once that perpetrator gets out of prison and rents an apartment next to you, would you rather he was subject to inhumane punishment? Or would you rather he was treated like a human being and learned how to behave in society?

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        Heh, the amerikkkan answer is simple: don’t let them rent next to you. They’ve accomplished it by ridiculous rent prices, charging inmates to be in jail (so they come out with debt), and shackling them to low paying jobs.

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      There’s gotta be less cruel ways to rehabilitate people, though.

      I’m kidding. Welcome reformed convicts, to the wonderful and awful world of coding!

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        A lot of people’s concept of justice isn’t based on logic. Rehabilitation makes more sense logically, but retribution feels better.