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Why do we punish Criminals? (www.youthlawjournal.com)
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Is there really no alternative justice system than crime and punishment? Seems that punishments are taken for granted as necessary and that we only debate on the reason it is accepted.

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[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

In the US our prisons do not rehabilitate. The result is that prison only provide deterrence not reform.

Finland does it differently -> https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/no-bars-no-chains-no-locks-how-finland-reimagining-incarceration