Prisons and jails are violent; they don’t have to be.
Prisons and jails are violent; they don’t have to be.
Jails and prisons, often overcrowded and understaffed, are frequently dangerous, dehumanizing, and traumatizing places where violence is largely “ unavoidable .” Take, for example, Illinois, where frequent reports of violence and abuse led the Federal Bureau of Prisons to announce the closure of…
Most incarcerated people don't need to be incarcerated: https://mkorostoff.github.io/incarceration-in-real-numbers/
-Get rid of jail for most pre-trial persons.
-Get rid of jail for most probation violations.
-Get rid of jail for most non-violent crimes.Revamp drug laws across the board, decriminalizing most drugs (if not all)
Change what jail IS (its current incarnation is by definition violent).
But this won't line pockets of for-profit prison C-suite shit stains (who themselves should be locked up in these very prison conditions, if they wish to keep it that way).
Fuck the system. Change the system.
Fuck the police. Defund the police.
Build a Public Safety Affiliation that helps the people on the streets with their presence. Fight crime at the source, usually systemic poverty, racism, inequality.
Plastering resources everywhere within view for public services that prevent homelessness, unemployment, eviction, etc., as well as help those who are experiencing those issues.
Proactivity, not reactivity.
-Get rid of jail for most non-violent crimes.
this still leaves thieves. Some people just gotta put their fucking dickbeaters on other people's shit. Not talking about someone stealing a meal, we're talking larceny fraud and robbery. I don't think they should be serving 'fuck them in the ass prison' hard time, but these fucks live like parasites on the lifeblood and savings of decent honest people.
Fuck if they only stole from televangelists and rapists I'd be their biggest fan. But hard targets aren't attractive to this type.
So what do we do with the fucking thieves?
Notice I said "most".
Living in a Restoring Promise unit during their incarceration decreased young adults’ odds of being convicted of a violent infraction by 73 percent.
This is huge. It might seem like common sense to us, but I love that they're actually doing studies on this. Unfortunately, the prison industrial complex as a whole encourages recidivism -- otherwise they don't get paid.
I do feel like they may have buried the lede a little bit here, though.
And finally, although it is necessary to improve current conditions, the most effective way to heal families and communities while also reducing the number of people behind bars in overcrowded environments is decarceration. On any given day, more than 400,000 people are detained pretrial. Many remain jailed not because of the danger they pose to their communities but simply because they cannot afford bail. According to research by the Brennan Center for Justice in 2016, nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population—576,000 people—were behind bars for no compelling public safety reason. Bail and sentencing reforms are a few of the many necessary changes that would help reduce jail and prison populations.
Fix disgusting bail systems that only benefit the wealthy and you can help protect communities. Not exactly a shocker.
Prisons and jails
are violentexist; they don't have tobe.This is incorrect. The justice system is rape-based.
You're not wrong.