Comment on Is America Really That Bad?
Aabbcc@lemm.ee 10 months agoJust a few million homeless, hungry, and incarcerated, plus the exploitation of workers in poorer nations, and you can be pretty ok with how things are! It’s a great system
Comment on Is America Really That Bad?
Aabbcc@lemm.ee 10 months agoJust a few million homeless, hungry, and incarcerated, plus the exploitation of workers in poorer nations, and you can be pretty ok with how things are! It’s a great system
Hoomod@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Last I checked, US had like 20% of the world’s prison population. Just absolutely insane, plus prison doesn’t exactly rehabilitate anyone, so people just end up back in it
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It also removes any chance you once had at being a law abiding citizen. Once you have a record you basically aren’t allowed to work anymore.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, when a good chunk of your prisons are for profit, and there is no system to incentivise reform, then it makes sense. They don’t want to kill their business.
It’s bullshit though. Prisons should be paid based on how many of their inmates successfully rehabilitate.