i always talk about my stance on prisons/jails
imo traditional prisons provoke more violence than they prevent and are so fundamentally flawed, they CANNOT be reformed.
in fact they should be abolished and replaced by "anti-prisons," that is, locked, secure residential spaces, therapeutic communities, and centers for human development—emphasizing therapy and education rather than punishment, and restorative rather than retributive justice.
prisons as they stand currently only exacerbate the problems in society.
Angela Davis said it best:
“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.”
