Comment by JessicaHicklin
3 years ago
Whatever people are incarcerated for, the fact of the matter is that 95% of the people currently incarcerated in the US will one day live next door to one or more of us. Isn't it better to prepare them to live there, self-sufficent and contributing to society? (Disclosure: I am the Cofounder of Unlocked Labs, Preston's current employer and formerly incarcerated myself). I can say without hesitation, Preston is an incredible employee whom I am happy we provided this opportunity for.
You're doing the Lord's work :) Thank you.
Almost 10 years inside here. Going on Monday to have all the charges dismissed.
Great to see you here Jessica =)
I didn't realize Unlocked was your organization.
Nice to see you in the conversation as well and yes, I am a cofounder
There are a lot of historical examples arguing for and against you. But murder and rape is far different than getting popped for heroin or selling weed and our laws already reflect that
Rehabilitation is rehabilitation.
In contrast, the American system aims for penance, which is why we call it penetentiary. You have to "pay for your actions" - which has absolutely nothing to do with rehabilitation and preventing recidivism. Paying for your actions is deeply ingrained is the American zeitgeist - making the concept of favoring rehabilitation appear immoral.
Regardless, it could be argued that rehabilitating a perpetrator of more severe crimes is a harsher form of punitive justice. Living with your (newly acquired) guilt and regret about your actions is more difficult than hanging out with, and learning from, your peers in crime university - prison.
Also, selling heroin is often manslaughter.
What are the recidivism rates on those crimes like? Our laws often reflect misguided morals, not hard data. Justice is supposed to be blind. That's an ideal to reach for, not reject out of hand.
https://smart.ojp.gov/somapi/chapter-5-adult-sex-offender-re...
> Sexual recidivism rates range from 5 percent after three years to 24 percent after 15 years.
Also, I wouldn't put murder and rape in the same sentence. There are some situations where murder reasoning might be debatable even if still wrong (self defense against and archenemy that promised to assassinate your family, for example).
But rape? There's no rationalizing rape other than mental illness.
I don't want to open a can of worms here, but I had to write this.
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