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Scandinavian countries have no death penalty, a maximum 21 year prison sentence, and low rates of recidivism. Could scarcity play a larger role in crime than mental illness? The wealth gap doesn’t bode well for social safety and individual behavior. There is a direct statistical correlation.

Nosnevets 2y ago

Can you explain what you mean by scarcity in that context? I'm not sure I get the meaning.

But I think a higher issue with the American prison system is psychological guidance. Often prisoners just sit, left to think about what they've done and what could be, and the people they're sitting with are in the same situation. So often people that go into the system come out with stories and skills about how to do their crimes better🤷🏽

There are programs to keep them busy, there's psychologists, there's art, there's schooling. But in the end they're all really looked at as a number. A statistic. They're not really listened to, or given real options and skills away from that life.

They say we should rehabilitate prisoners with therapy, I say ok let's do that, on an official basis, get to know the person and how they learn and how they work and show them skills that they can really get behind. Discover their passions and show them that they are capable🤷🏽

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Jac 2y ago

I agree with a lot of what you said here. I think our prisons in America have a destructive culture, but our society also shuns convicts preventing them in some cases from participating in a meaningful way after the time is served. Scarcity is the unequal distribution of baseline resources and is highly variable depending on the cost of living. It is, simply put an animal that doesn’t have enough to eat, or provide sustainable resources to its offspring. At the core human are animals, and no starving animal acts according to established behavioral patterns, or even in predictable ways. As an added liability, humans can experience scarcity as a perception as well which complicates the methods used to combat the effects. It’s a complex issue, I would encourage you to research prisons in Norway and how the prisoners live while serving time. It’s no wonder the system works better than the one in the US.

Nosnevets 2y ago

Actually that's a great point I hadn't thought of too that you mentioned. The publics treatment of excriminals who are literally deemed fit to come back into society, or that they served their time. Still to be treated like they're currently in prison. That's fuuuuccccked. And definitely wouldn't make me feel like I could even act right. Might as well go back to doing the rest shit🤷🏽

I have read some about prisons in Europe. Maybe Norway, where they don't even have fences. And they're allowed to go fishing and work even.

I will read more! Thank you for the suggestion!