swampfoxfan
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So you are okay with zero monitoring of sex offenders and zero restrictions for them once released if they served their full term? But if the monitoring is part of an early release deal so be it, because they voluntarily accepted that?
I think in theory what you’re saying sounds nice. The idea that you owe a debt to a society and once paid you get a fresh start.
I think the issue is that theory ignores high recidivism rates and falsely assumes these will be changed people upon release.
I am completely open to applying your ideas to nonviolent and non-sexual felons. Because the risk to society as a whole is lesser
Then make the sentences for those crimes longer.
If you've served your time, you've served your time. Recidivism rates are very much tied to the difficulties of life after prison and the scarlet letter of having a felony on your record.
You’re assuming the cause of recidivism is the difficulty of life after prison. The truth is it’s nearly impossible to study that question because you have to untie it from the obvious question of “are repeat offenders simply people who are more prone to violence or criminal activity in general”.
I assume the later.
Or, and hold on to your panties for this one, it could be that both are possible.
Sounds like prisons could be reformed to actually rehabilitate inmates instead of merely contain them.
Sure. Both are possible. So if we agree there’s a good chance these people are likely to repeat due to an innate propensity, why would we not continue monitoring them and/or restricting certain rights?
You’re acting like rehabilitation is a new idea. It’s been tried for decades. The issue is there’s a lot of things that cannot be fixed regarding a person’s personality.
Counterpoint: don't restrict rights, but make the sentence much harsher for a repeat offenders.
I'm not acting like that at all. I just think prison reform has been half assed for decades. It's pretty well known that the rehabilitation leg of prison is virtually nonexistent and the outlets that do exist are just checking the bare minimum of boxes.
It's a cheap labor and containment facility and has been little more than that for a long, long time.
If the issue is truly mental, harsher sentencing won’t change the outcome.
Even if you whole ass it, as of today, we don’t have effective ways of doing so. There’s no effective rehabilitation protocol out there because you’re asking for an impossible task.
I don’t oppose either.
Why do other countries have ways of doing it but we don't? Why do you assume a felon is inherent, constant, and immune to change?
The fact that you don't oppose the complex I described is part of the problem.
That said, there's nothing more to discuss with you on this subject. We fundamentally disagree.