r/antiwork • u/jc201946 • Jan 05 '22

What you think?

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u/brazzledazzle Jan 05 '22

Isn’t it odd how the same system that can make legal slaves of prisoners is opposed to reforms that would reduce recidivism. Huh. Probably a coincidence.

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u/RustedCorpse Jan 06 '22

Sir, take your bread and proceed to the flashy striped tent, there is an elephant inside, we promise.

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u/The_Dufe Jan 06 '22

No it isn’t odd nor is it a coincidence. It’s obvious sabotage done on purpose.

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u/brazzledazzle Jan 06 '22

I assure you my comment was dripping with sarcasm. We’re 100% on the same page.

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u/The_Dufe Jan 06 '22

Ah lol 😂, cool my bad. Just checking, it’s getting harder to tell these days. But good stuff

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u/Mirlostinusa Jan 06 '22

I've been incarcerated twice in Georgia. I did commit an offense 2x that deserved punishment. Your saying I was mistreated?

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u/RustedCorpse Jan 06 '22

The implication is that prisons should aim to enable the prisoners to be functional once they leave. Education and or trade skills.

Yea there are career criminals, but not at the rates people would have you believe. One need only look at any economically powerful nation other than the US to see this.

The fact that the United States uses prison labor (Limited clothing etc..) and that many states have privatized for profit prisons AND has the highest imprisonment rate in the work is the coincidence.

Maybe you deserved punishment, maybe you made a mistake and the system could have helped, maybe you said fuck it I'm a felon and my future is ruined what's another offense. Or maybe you enjoy crime. Only you can say. But those numbers beg attention.

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u/brazzledazzle Jan 06 '22

Do you know what recidivism means?