| ▲ | gruez 3 hours ago | |
>I am of the opinion that incarceration should be "for the benefit of society"; that the person should be behind bars because because they are a threat to society. If they're done with thing because, they may do it again. And that incarceration should be working helping that person become one that would _not_ repeat that crime. Life sentences should only ever be the case for someone that will always be a threat to society. How do you know whether a murderer won't be a repeat murderer? | ||
| ▲ | dmitrygr 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
statistically, recidivism is extremely common. For the benefit of the innocent, the guilty should be kept in prisons. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/returning-prison-0 https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/sex_offense_recidivism_2... https://usafacts.org/articles/how-common-is-it-for-released-... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3969807/ https://ciceroinstitute.org/research/the-case-for-incarcerat... | ||