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Originally Posted by Qwertyy
until private prisons are eliminated there will always be an issue in the US
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This pretty much. Profits keeps the prison system the way it currently is in the US.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I dunno about the US or other countries, but here in Ireland prison is a ****ing joke. Sky TV, computers, regular visits, good meals, the whole bit. Why would you not want to go back when you get out? If they made (and I realise this is a controversial opinion, but **** it) jail a tougher, less bearable experience maybe people would be less eager to risk going back to it? It's hardly a deterrent as it is. Plus you have the gangs running things anyway so it must be hard to try to go straight after you get out.
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Prison as a deterrent doesn't really work though. I think it is Norway or Finland that has excellent rehabilitation programs and their rate of prisoners returning is extremely low.