• Sigilos@ttrpg.network
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    22 hours ago

    Police do not stop crimes, at least not here in the USA. Police punish after the crime happens, at best.

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      21 hours ago

      Okay but it’s literally a picture of a police officer showing that the criminal is already behind bars. Thereby preventing that criminal from committing future crimes. That is one way to stop crimes.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s the logic behind prison, but not the reality.

        Locking a person in a cage does not solve whatever underlying issue led to the crime in the first place. The resulting trauma and stigma almost certainly makes it worse once they get out of prison causing crimes.

        Or they are locked in a cage forever for the most menial of crimes, at which point they themselves are the victims of a greater crime.

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          7 hours ago

          As a crime-free civilian my perspective of people in prison is that they have been removed from society in order to protect society. And I appreciate that.