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serpicowasright t1_irjobne wrote

Reply to comment by SucksToYourAssmar3 in A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane by JBupp

Put a profit on lack of recidivism. If it's a private prison make them also include post release programs and if people coming through do not return into the criminal justice system within a certain amount of years have bonuses earned.

The state would control these contracts and could draw them in a way that rewards good results.

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SucksToYourAssmar3 t1_irjqy8g wrote

Alternatively - take the profit motive OUT of the criminal justice system. Prison execs getting bonuses for their former inmates’ good behavior is another tick toward “dystopia” for me. “Prison exec” is already something that shouldn’t exist.

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