Rehabilitation vs punishment

[Olivia]

Should governments revise their penal systems to focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment?

Do you think this would help society? Would it reduce crime and repeat offenders?

How could we make this happen? ...or are things fine the way they are?

 

[passenger]

Well, rehab doesn't seem to be working too well here.

 

[DrLeftover]

"rehabilitation" is a lie that liberals tell each other to make themselves feel better.

A criminal who does not want to work a 'straight job' and be a tax paying member of society CAN NOT be rehabilitated.

 

[Dee]

Should governments revise their penal systems to focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment?

Do you think this would help society? Would it reduce crime and repeat offenders?

How could we make this happen? ...or are things fine the way they are?

Absolutely, governments should revise the penal system. Obviously, there are going to be cases where a prisoner cannot be rehabilitated, but this should be left up to extensive psychological testing. The penal system in the US is ass-backwards.

 

[Nebulous]

"rehabilitation" is a lie that liberals tell each other to make themselves feel better.

A criminal who does not want to work a 'straight job' and be a tax paying member of society CAN NOT be rehabilitated.

Its 100% impossible?

 

[DrLeftover]

Its 100% impossible?

No. Some convicts are smart enough to play the game to get out, and they'll play it for their PO, but once they're free and clear.

They become a career criminal ... and run for Congress.

 

[Uncrowned]

Sadly neither system seems to work well. The focus needs to be on crime prevention and fixing communities that have a culture of crime within them.

 

[Nebulous]

Sadly neither system seems to work well. The focus needs to be on crime prevention and fixing communities that have a culture of crime within them.

Get rid of the drugs and guns!

 

[Uncrowned]

Get rid of the drugs and guns!

Sadly these seem like impossible tasks. The war on drugs is all but lost and the government can't seem to adapt at all for the cultural changes.

 

[Doc Nova]

This is a really tragic topic because there are people who have been successfully rehabilitated, went on to have a good life and are now motivational speakers. Then there are genuine monsters who could never be rehabbed that deserve to be permanently locked up. The problem is that a lot of the time, people aren't honest. They say they want to get better, but then they leave prison and go do the same fucking thing that got them in there to begin with. You'll never know if someone will be a repeat offender unless you encounter them multiple times.

The bigger issue is that our legal system isn't built around punishing people. There are so many people who have done horrible things, yet they serve little to no prison time and go out to do the same thing. There's quite a few bodycam videos where a suspect who has a lengthy arrest history is out doing the same thing over and over and over. You know there's a real problem when police officers know you by name. We need to stop letting people be free who are not fit for society.

 

[Nebulous]

We need to stop letting people be free who are not fit for society.

True but we also cannot afford to imprison everyone who isn't "fit for society" in prisons and other facilities. Someone has to pay for it. The taxpayers are broke enough. The amount of people who aren't fit for society is probably a bigger number than you'd think.