Comment on Why does Finland have a lower recidivism rate than the US?
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 days ago
while it barely scratches that in the United States?
Because they just want to make money from prisons.
Comment on Why does Finland have a lower recidivism rate than the US?
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 days ago
while it barely scratches that in the United States?
Because they just want to make money from prisons.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yup. Punishment vs rehabilitation is often the focus cited, but it’s more accurate to evaluate it on a scale of public necessity vs profit generator. There’s a reason why US has the biggest proportion of incarceration: It’s a system that is working as intended, and the rehabilitation vs punishment aspect is an afterthought.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 days ago
You make it sound like something good LOL
From an outside perspective, it is outrageous. Ratio of incarceration or other statistics are poor indicators of why such a system is far from good or decent or human…
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh no. I get what they were saying.
It was never intended to be good. It IS working as intended and that is definitely not a good thing.