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I find the honesty better, tbh. Most of those prisoners are in there because they're black and strong, not because of drugs or whatever. We'd have an easier time convincing people that the system needs reforming if it wasn't deceitful.
Most of the people in the US prison system did in fact break the law. if you ever work with prisoners they will be clear about this. Very few people are there for no reason whatsoever.
Okay let me be clearer: I am saying that I think most drugs are only illegal in the US for the express purpose of giving the state an excuse to incarcerate black men
I agree with that but that’s not the majority of prisoners and even quite a few of those that are in for drugs typically aren’t in for small time amounts.
And I'm sure the punishment was proportional to the crime, especially for breaking such laws as vagrancy due to being poor.
If you are going to comment please understand the difference between jail and prison. No one is in prison for vagrancy.
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Perhaps not, but merely an arrest record lowers your chances for gainful employment, jail time doesn't help either. The more desperate or miserable you can make someone, the more you can increase their chances of turning to more serious crime as a way out.
Prison psychologists are very clear on this. Once you accept your own guilt you ~~are no longer a threat to the system.~~