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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 33 points 8 months ago

Released from prison? After having been inundated by prison culture, thereby becoming immensely more likely to be a re-offender? No! Released to a deprogramming facility where they can find therapy, life skills, and a path toward a life involving less violence? Literally impossible until for-profit prisons are outlawed and their owners luigi’d

[–] Dupree878@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The ones sent out to work in my state don’t get reduced sentences and their pay goes to the prisons. They’re used as dishwashers in corporate restaurants, they do laundry for sanitation services and cook at fast food places, like KFC

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 5 points 8 months ago

I want prisons emptied, police abolished and justice system forced to adapt starting tonight and I don't care what happens next.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It's never going to change because 99% of us vote for it every two years.