the prison system is effective for two groups of people - politicians who make hay out of being tough on crime and prison operators/owners who profit directly from larger prison populations with longer sentences (hence three strikes laws). the group that doesn't get much back from this system is the populace at large that has to foot the bill both monetarily and socially. what we get back after someone that's been in prison is generally a better criminal that has zero social skills
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yes, absolutely agree and it's a shame having a system that monetarily incentivzes maximizing the prison population