More than three quarters of prisoners released from state prisons were arrested for a new crime or parole violation within five years of their release, according to a new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The study released Tuesday called "Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 30 States in 2005: Patterns from 2005 to 2010" tracked a random sampling of 69,279 released prisoners for five years and found a majority of state prisoners were arrested by the end of their first year of freedom.
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And the DOJ is going to let more out earlier so they can be arrested again and again and again.
what do you expect when you have a system that says "yeah, do your time, pay back your debt, and when you get done, you'll continue to be punished". Young dum kid makes a mistake 17-19, even for nonviolent crimes, and they get locked out of the mainstream for life. Considerably worse for the average poor kid who doesn't have parents buying the rich attorney to represent him. Can do the same crime as another kid, be motivated by circumstances that are much worse than that kid, but get hit by the legal system all the more harder.
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you mention valid points. the rate of recidivism should tell people that our justice system does not work. at least not in the 'corrective' sense of the word that they plaster on their buildings and letterheads.
it does produce a LOT of revenue, hence private prison systems, tons of jails and prisons and we are home to the most incarcerated people in the WORLD.
we are a capitalistic country and everything must make a profit. it was a long running joke that everyone is prison was innocent. as has been proven the last decade or so, in many cases this has turned out to be true in a lot of cases.
from lying cops to unethical prosecutors and judges, it is not unheard of for innocent people to get sentenced for crimes they did not commit.
and like you said, even those guilty of some crime pay for it their whole lives, no matter how much time and money they have spent.
Americans love punishment, whether warranted or not. they love to run people's nose in it every chance they get. nowadays even just an accusation is enough for public opinion to crucify someone, regardless if they are found not guilty later. they will always be remembered for what they were accused of, but not found guilty of.
a dumb kid, 18-20yoa or whatever, can take a car for a joyride, get convicted of auto theft and his whole life is ruined. just one example, there are thousands of others.
most people forget, or don't even know at all, people are sent to prison AS punishment, not FOR punishment. this is a supreme court ruling from way back, but is hardly followed.
and when a state or federal prison does try to rehabilitate someone, such as educating them so they can have a skill upon release, to get a job and not return to crime, the public hollers and whines.
they don't want to spend the money to help someone turn their life around. they would rather spend the money further down the road when these people return to prison because they have no skills to keep them out. so the public pays even more than it would cost to teach them a skill and educate them.
the state and private prison systems don't care, they get paid either way.
and the public voluntarily, and gleefully, pay for it all.
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