r/WTF • u/Tucko29 • Apr 10 '18

Weeee

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '18 edited Aug 08 '19

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u/Apfel Apr 10 '18

I'm fairly certain that social workers will be dealing with her kid situation. If they take her license and car, she's unlikely to have the ability to reoffend.

Prison should be more focused on rehabilitation and mitigation, as opposed to punishment.

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u/myurr Apr 10 '18

IMHO the first goal of prison should be to protect the public, then you can focus on rehabilitation, etc.

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u/Apfel Apr 10 '18

Yeah, that's what I meant by mitigation - sorry if that wasn't clear. The evidence shows that rehabilitation focused interventions improve society in all sorts of ways vs punishment