Non violent crime being punished by jail time does nothing useful. It doesn’t for drug crimes, for prostitution, for theft, for anything.
I’m kinda amazed that lemmy of all places is so against the idea of criminal justice reform.
Either the system does something useful, or it needs changing. If jail time has a point other than fucking up the life of the criminal, I sure as hell can’t see it for non violent crime. Even for some violent crime, chances are that the criminal would have a better chance of being reformed by other methods than plain segregation from society, but at least that can claim to be a benefit by virtue of preventing the criminal from being violent at large.
IDGAF about who someone steals from, what they stole, or why. I care about making the best effort to A: reduce the chances of it happening again, and B: having the thief making restitution in one way or another. Jail achieves neither of those.
It isn’t about the severity of the crime.
Non violent crime being punished by jail time does nothing useful. It doesn’t for drug crimes, for prostitution, for theft, for anything.
I’m kinda amazed that lemmy of all places is so against the idea of criminal justice reform.
Either the system does something useful, or it needs changing. If jail time has a point other than fucking up the life of the criminal, I sure as hell can’t see it for non violent crime. Even for some violent crime, chances are that the criminal would have a better chance of being reformed by other methods than plain segregation from society, but at least that can claim to be a benefit by virtue of preventing the criminal from being violent at large.
IDGAF about who someone steals from, what they stole, or why. I care about making the best effort to A: reduce the chances of it happening again, and B: having the thief making restitution in one way or another. Jail achieves neither of those.