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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
If a prison's success was measured by how many inmates were prepared and obtained jobs after release vs how many ended up back in prison, and they were paid on the basis of their success, we would have better outcomes from our prison system. The idea of warehousing people for some number of months and then just turning them out into society hoping they will behave is insane - but that's our system.
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the purpose of a prison is punishment and deterrence
reformation is not the purpose of a prison
