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.
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.
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.
No you’re not you just haven’t been prosecuted for any of them.
You, and everyone else, are just as much inherently criminals as those behind bars. You’ve just gotten lucky so far with your life trajectory to have different experiences.
^Link is specific to US and UK but holds true for most any “developed” country.^
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.
The police commit crimes. All Cops Are Bastards
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.
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.
No you’re not you just haven’t been prosecuted for any of them.
You, and everyone else, are just as much inherently criminals as those behind bars. You’ve just gotten lucky so far with your life trajectory to have different experiences.
^Link is specific to US and UK but holds true for most any “developed” country.^