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Prisons and Punishment
Close 95% of all prisons.
Only incarcerate convicted people if the judge and the jury consider there is evidence to show the offender would be dangerous if free.
Make convicted people pay for the damage and misery they have caused. They need to work and earn money, not have us and their victims pay to lock them up.
Sentencing will include financial payment, rehabilitation, community work, therapy and medical treatment, if appropriate.
End all state punishment. It's a complete contradiction.
The state says it's wrong to hurt people and then hurts offenders by locking them up.
This is a fundamental contradiction.
Prisons and punishment not only don't work but they make people worse. They brutalize them further and tell them they are not cared for or loved. Deterrence does not work.
Revenge and retribution are understandable emotional responses for victims and friends and family. The state needs to be fair, unemotional, just and rational. It must act in the best interests of all of us.
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Close 95% of all prisons.
Only incarcerate convicted people if the judge and the jury consider there is evidence to show the offender would be dangerous if free.
Make convicted people pay for the damage and misery they have caused. They need to work and earn money, not have us and their victims pay to lock them up.
Sentencing will include financial payment, rehabilitation, community work, therapy and medical treatment, if appropriate.
End all state punishment. It's a complete contradiction.
The state says it's wrong to hurt people and then hurts offenders by locking them up.
This is a fundamental contradiction.
Prisons and punishment not only don't work but they make people worse. They brutalize them further and tell them they are not cared for or loved. Deterrence does not work.
Revenge and retribution are understandable emotional responses for victims and friends and family. The state needs to be fair, unemotional, just and rational. It must act in the best interests of all of us.
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