Prisons are used as a way to lock up people who dont necessarily do harm, but anyone who breaks laws. There are not many if any prisons that aim to create programs that might actually benefit those that do cause harm. Prisons are just a way to monetize and control populations of people deemed inferior to the white capitalistic society we live in
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Khalid Abdul Salaam
Due especially to the racial disparity in the system. Being a black man I feel less safe,due the reduction in number of black men in the community, meaning less solidarity, which translates into vulnerability.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Sam
They are focused on punishment rather than reintegration. Their presence is violent to humans in the system, which makes a violent society a reality.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Keshia Warren
They do not reform
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Marie
They don’t reform people well enough.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Susan Traynor
Because prisons are there to make money so they do not care about the inmates
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Armani McDonald
It’s a detention center not a rehabilitation center. The cruelest get crueler and do what the ey want the ones who change or are soft in the first place get eaten alive the in between either sink or swim and lose themselves forever.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Anonymous
Keep dangerous people away.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Ariana
I think it is good to have a place where mass murderers can be that is away from innocent people. However, there are innocent people who get convicted of crimes they did not commit and are sent to prisons and jails. Also, there can be some bad actors in those prisons who do not care about the rehabilitation of criminals and may cause even more harm. I don't have any prisons near me so I don't think about it on a day-to-day basis, but I believe that prison reform should be in the national discussion because of the injustices that are allowed to fester in them.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Shauna Marie Driscoll
prisons don't decrease crime rates, and those who are sent to prison are more likely to recommit. we need to focus on rehabilitation or nothing will ever change. prisons are only meant to carve out a chunk of the voting population
Sitka
Prisons are used as a way to lock up people who dont necessarily do harm, but anyone who breaks laws. There are not many if any prisons that aim to create programs that might actually benefit those that do cause harm. Prisons are just a way to monetize and control populations of people deemed inferior to the white capitalistic society we live in
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Khalid Abdul Salaam
Due especially to the racial disparity in the system. Being a black man I feel less safe,due the reduction in number of black men in the community, meaning less solidarity, which translates into vulnerability.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Sam
They are focused on punishment rather than reintegration. Their presence is violent to humans in the system, which makes a violent society a reality.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Keshia Warren
They do not reform
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Marie
They don’t reform people well enough.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Susan Traynor
Because prisons are there to make money so they do not care about the inmates
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Armani McDonald
It’s a detention center not a rehabilitation center. The cruelest get crueler and do what the ey want the ones who change or are soft in the first place get eaten alive the in between either sink or swim and lose themselves forever.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Anonymous
Keep dangerous people away.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Ariana
I think it is good to have a place where mass murderers can be that is away from innocent people. However, there are innocent people who get convicted of crimes they did not commit and are sent to prisons and jails. Also, there can be some bad actors in those prisons who do not care about the rehabilitation of criminals and may cause even more harm. I don't have any prisons near me so I don't think about it on a day-to-day basis, but I believe that prison reform should be in the national discussion because of the injustices that are allowed to fester in them.
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
Shauna Marie Driscoll
prisons don't decrease crime rates, and those who are sent to prison are more likely to recommit. we need to focus on rehabilitation or nothing will ever change. prisons are only meant to carve out a chunk of the voting population
11:11 AM | April 5, 2016
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