
Originally Posted by
2ndChildhood
Say what??! Our prison system is a messed up snafu.
All it really does is warehouse people in ugly conditions with the hope that they will try to stay out next time.
Our society hasn't made any meaningful effort to research what might actually work as far as rehabilitation goes, nor is it willing to spend $ to implement it.
My wife works with the county halfway house here. It's an institution that is at least nominally intended to do rehabilitation.
Still, it's a degrading place with almost no regard for human dignity. They deal out punishments as if the residents are grade school kids, and frequently don't take the time to figure out what actually happened before booting someone back to prison.
My wife figures they are lucky when 10% of the people are able to stay out, and that's not the kind of results I would boast about.