Tag: incarceration
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Why rehabilitation isn’t always the focus
Prison systems claim rehabilitation as a goal but often prioritize punishment, deterrence, or warehousing. Here’s why the rhetoric and reality diverge.
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The role of mandatory minimums
Mandatory minimum sentencing was sold as a tough-on-crime fix. Decades of data show it produced mass incarceration, racial disparities, and uncertain deterrent effect.
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Child support enforcement criminalizes poverty
Child support enforcement in the US punishes inability to pay almost as harshly as refusal to pay. The result is a system that deepens the poverty it claims to address.