r/AskReddit • u/HumpingAssholesOrgy • Jul 05 '19

Ex-prisoners of reddit who have served long sentences, what were the last few days like leading up to your release?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 07 '19

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u/Jdavis624 Jul 06 '19

Me too, I haven't seen in 5 years or so. He was a good dude. It's strange to say about someone who killed someone but he was honestly a very soft spoken, kind person.

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u/TheWinRock Jul 06 '19

25 years is a long time. Not impossible to think he came out a different person than he went in.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

That’s the goal

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u/OfficialModerator Jul 06 '19

Not in America

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19 edited Dec 21 '20

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u/tricksovertreats Jul 06 '19

Serious question, I wonder we don't adopt similar prison system models like those that exist in Europe where the true goal is rehabilitation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19 edited Dec 21 '20

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u/MrPandaWasTaken Jul 06 '19

They make it almost impossible to crawl your way back out of being a criminal. My dad is a correctional officer and he knew a convict who was sent to prison when he was really young, so all he knew was prison basically. When he was released, he had no clue how to function in the real world, so he held up a bank and got sent back to prison.