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I think most of the “worst” people either lack connection/lack the ability to connect or truly think they’re doing the “right” thing. I can’t say for certain if alleviating those issues is possible for all but with actual rehabilitation/reeducation programs I’d like to think so.
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I watched a video last night where a youtuber I like said that the point of prison is not to remove dangerous people from society or rehabilitate them, but rather as a punishment and it left a bad taste in my mouth.Can we not see how unsustainable that attitude is? At that point we might as well go back to cutting off the hands of thieves, etc. I swear most people these days are walking around privately foaming at the mouth for a “just” opportunity to be cruel and violent.
But it's true, that's what prisons are for and that's why we're prison abolitionists are we not?
There are ways to hold people out of the general population while they are rehabilitated that aren't prisons
fair point that certainly is the reality.