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When punishment feels deserved but ineffective

My neighbor got arrested for domestic violence and part of me thinks he deserves whatever happens to him, but I also know prison just makes violent men more violent.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Moral outrage collides with empirical knowledge about carceral failure.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mass incarceration — causes and critique?”

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