Carceral System

Awful meme. And she is absolutely correct, mass incarceration has gone too far, and has resulted in racist outcomes, communities are not safer because of prisons and the system in place does nothing to prevent harm and violence.

How do we benefit from incarcerating 639 out of every 100,000 Americans?

I don’t care about that....she said carceral....

Carceral: “of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison”

She want to abolish everything relating to prison and jail. That’s mean handcuffs and and maces.if some guy’s beating his wife in a drunken rage, maybe he should spend some time in jail... don’t you think? I have no problem with reforming the incarceration system, but when you start talking about abolishing the carceral system which includes jails, prison and psychiatric institutions ...

Our system doesn’t need reform. If needs abolition. What is the system going to do to heal the situation with the abusive husband and his victim wife? Locking him in a cage won’t help with his addiction. He could even go on to discover more substances in jail/prison and became more abusive. Some states at sentencing might force him to take addiction classes, but those have not been so successful.

Not to mention, jails and prisons are hardened institutions, where you are surrounded by abusive correctional officers and incarcerated people. Weakness is preyed upon. So still he could become more abusive.

People very rarely change because of jail and prison. It destroys their soul, hope and their personhood.

What we need is violence prevention classes, robust mental and behavioral health resources (which would include addiction treatment), education and support resources for domestic abuse and transformative justice.

These things all promote change and healing, our carceral system does not.

Thanks for telling me in a meme that you aren’t crafted and educated enough for a response.

You want kiddie Rapists not be in prison?

I don’t. They don’t tend to pose a significant risk to the public. In fact, sex offenders belong to a category of offenders with the lowest rates of recidivism. Nearly all (95 percent) of people convicted of new sex crimes have no prior conviction.

The reason they don’t pose a significant risk to the public, specifically strangers, is because the vast majority of assaults and rapes happened at the hands of someone the victim knows. Most commonly a family member, or an acquaintance or a friend.

We would be safer if we afforded people convicted of sex crimes a better path to housing, employment and other stabilizing environmental factors that would reduce the likelihood of reoffends. Again, education about abuse is important. And sexual abuse in the family can be stopped, and more importantly, stop the generational pattern of abuse that affects so many.

Prevention is key. There isn’t any link between punishment and less sex offenses. There is more evidence of an increase.