Yeah, who knew recidivism would be super high when you have a prison industrial complex that only exists to grind down the poor and lock up undesirable subcultures with little to no effort put into reforming the prisoners or returning them to society in any fashion that allows them to reintegrate? And that doesn’t even begin to touch on the reactions of society at large to former inmates trying to to get themselves back on their feet, and how they’re shit out of so many opportunities that would help them become functional members of society.
Having seen this multiple times with family members, I can confirm through anecdotal experience that reintegration isn’t something that comes without massive struggles, and fails more often than not.
So there is a statistic that 70%ish of prisoners return to prison within 5 years.
It was one of the things that “radicalized” me when I learned it.
Yeah, who knew recidivism would be super high when you have a prison industrial complex that only exists to grind down the poor and lock up undesirable subcultures with little to no effort put into reforming the prisoners or returning them to society in any fashion that allows them to reintegrate? And that doesn’t even begin to touch on the reactions of society at large to former inmates trying to to get themselves back on their feet, and how they’re shit out of so many opportunities that would help them become functional members of society.
Having seen this multiple times with family members, I can confirm through anecdotal experience that reintegration isn’t something that comes without massive struggles, and fails more often than not.