Because nothing rehabilitates criminals better than cutting them off from their families. smh
They’re not interested in rehabilitation.
Why encourage rehabilitation when you can instead encourage recidivism? Jail a man for a year, get a one-time profit. But jail a man for life…
Obvious /s I hope
No /s needed. The prison industry, which shouldn’t exist, loves being able to take advantage of people who are locked up.
Read recently about how some facilities are opening up to ICE and a few things suddenly made a bunch of sense
The point is to dissapear people.
Normalize less and less communication and visibility with those in captivity until people adopt the idea of
being arresting = death penalty
as normal.
The cruelty is the point. GTL made money hand over fist on inmate phone calls for YEARS. I’m talking $15 for the first 3 minutes type of shit.
Fuck this and fuck everyone who backed it.
What’s $15? 2 days worth of work in prison? So the equivalent of like $150-$600 for most people
Way more than 2 days man. Most I ever made was $0.45/hr and that was the top pay. Most made $0.30/hr. So it could legit be a week of work for that 3 minute call.
The cost is already outrageous!! Its disgusting how it takes advantage of families who are already struggling.
In reality you should put free phones everywhere in prison. It’s literally the cheapest way of keeping somebody occupied.
But charging for phone calls combines two things the far right loves: controlling information and abusing positions of power to exploit the poor for money!
They have to be monitored though. Gang bosses will still run business (including ordering killings) from prisons.
Ah yes, prison phone calls are a crippling burden on the gov. One cruise missile could probably pay for them all.
It shows how much they value a missile compared to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
Keeping their slaves miserable.
This is not an exaggeration btw, the US constitution specifically allows the government to use prisoners as slaves, and they often take them up on this offer.
With republicans and conservatives always remember the cruelty is the point.
Seriously, who would vote for that, and why?
And why are the US prisons mainly focused in punishment and cruelty, not only for the inmates, but also for their families?
One day these prisoners come back into society, they’ll become your neighbor, the guy next to you at the stoplights… Don’t you want them to be a better version of themselves instead of a worse one?
Take a hint from the European justice system
They have to pay for calls?
The cruelty is the point.
Hey Leftists, any luck on, like, a plan to support something yet? You’re pretty loud about not supporting the one alternative we know about so
Preferably something realistic like a party or a person and not “workers seizing the means of production” or “everyone in the country refuses to vote” sort of pipe dream.
Who are you yelling at? Be specific.
Every eligible American voter who refused to vote in 2024.
How do you square your statement “Every eligible American voter who refused to vote in 2024” with your other statement “Hey leftists”?
Because every eligible American who refused to vote in 2024 on Lemmy is a self-described “leftist”.
Just to bring everyone the latest score: 20 downvotes, no plan. This is entirely in line with expectations and will be the case in November 2026 as well.
