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Post by easye on Jun 28, 2024 10:03:13 GMT -5
This is my shocked face.....
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Post by herzlos on Jun 28, 2024 10:29:30 GMT -5
If arresting them allows them access to accomodation, food, medical care and rehab (if needed) then they might get a better deal than on the outside.
Though it'd probably be cheaper (and Communist) to provide them the facilities they need without the court/prison overhead.
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Post by Haighus on Jun 28, 2024 10:33:29 GMT -5
If arresting them allows them access to accomodation, food, medical care and rehab (if needed) then they might get a better deal than on the outside. Though it'd probably be cheaper (and Communist) to provide them the facilities they need without the court/prison overhead. Theoretically it would do that... but we are talking about US prisons... |
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Post by skyth on Jun 28, 2024 10:35:12 GMT -5
Plus in this case, the punishment is fining them, not imprisoning them.
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Post by herzlos on Jun 28, 2024 11:26:27 GMT -5
If arresting them allows them access to accomodation, food, medical care and rehab (if needed) then they might get a better deal than on the outside. Though it'd probably be cheaper (and Communist) to provide them the facilities they need without the court/prison overhead. Theoretically it would do that... but we are talking about US prisons... True. I thought they still got access to that stuff? Maybe my expectations are too high (in that they exist). |
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Post by herzlos on Jun 28, 2024 11:27:06 GMT -5
Plus in this case, the punishment is fining them, not imprisoning them. Won't they then end up in jail for not paying the fines? That still sounds like an expensive waste of time, and anyone homeless is going to be permanently screwed. |
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Post by Haighus on Jun 28, 2024 12:21:40 GMT -5
Theoretically it would do that... but we are talking about US prisons... True. I thought they still got access to that stuff? Maybe my expectations are too high (in that they exist). Its more that a lot of those services are inadequate and overstretched, whilst prisons are also dangerous and abusive institutions. So quality of life and overall safety is unlikely to be better and may well be worse. |
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Post by easye on Jun 28, 2024 12:26:19 GMT -5
Plus, US prisons are frequently just an income stream for shareholders now.
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Post by Peregrine on Jun 28, 2024 16:15:24 GMT -5
Plus, US prisons are frequently just an income stream for shareholders now. Yep. Remember that slavery is still legal in the US as long as you only enslave prisoners and even when the prison itself isn't run as a business it provides a pool of slave labor for other businesses to exploit. And when there's such a powerful incentive to keep the prisons full there's an equal incentive to have lots of "crimes" that can be used to round up a new labor force whenever the shareholders need it. And in this case it has the added bonus of making workers feel less secure and less willing to demand more from their employers. If losing your job means going to prison you're more likely to settle for that minimum-wage job and not risk doing anything that might get you fired. |
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