What is prison good for?

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Rising rates of incarceration have prompted criticism from scholars, such as economist and politician Andrew Leigh, who decries what he has described as “Australia’s second convict age”.
Punishment, or the threat of punishment, alone will not prevent crime.
Peter Kurti and Maya Khurana went through the literature and found that Australia faces four key policy challenges; Sentencing and mandatory
sentencing, Remand, Bail policy and Recidivism.
To learn more, read their detailed paper here: www.cis.org.au/publication/wh...
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@TobyDogger 29 күн бұрын

The best way to stay out of jail is to regularly attend school and get a good academic education.

@ribbyramone Ай бұрын

We need to address poverty and other root causes of people offending in the first place.

@NathanNostaw Ай бұрын

Poverty is not the highest common denominator, but is a contributing factor. There are 10s of thousands of people living in poverty that live an honest life. Systemic and generational DV, sexual abuse, drug abuse and incarceration are more common contributors.

@vilenau 29 күн бұрын

Saying that Australia has harsh senteticng is so laughable, you really gotta fuck up to end up in jail in this country may I add multiple times. Has anyone ever thought about the victims of crime and what they go through? It seems that there is high emphasis on being understanding and lenient towards offender, as it should be, however it seems like no one is giving a fuck. We all talk about traumatised teens who do home invasions with weapons but no one talks about what its like for the families who are threatedned, tied up and beaten as a result of these invasion, in some cases. While we should invest more in preventative measures and help offenders get better, we cant downplay the severity of crimes or say how harsh Australia is as a country. From an imigrants perspective like myself I am baffled to see what people get away with.

@gordonflash8976 Ай бұрын

Homicide rate going down and prison population going up, do not equal a problem at all, your first logical error. Harshness of sentences are to small/little if you are the one the crime has been committed against. Time spent on remand is a problem yes. From my persective residivism is not helped by the communities additude towards offenders after release. Additionally for programs in gaol to be effective terms of twelve months or more are needed, so we could say that the shorter terms you are promotiing are a problem because the system cannot address offenders educational and offending issues inside of shorter terms than this. No matter the punishment delivered throughout history, it has never prevented crimes from happening. The deprivation of liberty is how we punish these days, for better or worse, instead of Physical beatings etc, as in the past. What i am saying is prison could be worse. Turns out a higher chance of one getting caught doing something wrong is the best method of inducing compliance in a population. The turning away from Christianity and its moral standards by the community is a major reason why to many crimes are committed now days than any other issue such as poverty. Say what you like about religion it has it's faults, but it kept many people from commiting crimes.

@naomieyles210 12 күн бұрын

Remand time frames are a glaringly clear sign that the system is not working, similar to ambulance ramping times at hospitals.

@cristinavillegas2229 Ай бұрын

You can learn a lot about crime in prison and make new criminal friends

@sylviaemberton6489 Ай бұрын

It's purpose is to keep the public safe. If possible this can be achieved by the experience of denying freedom, to a greater or lesser extent depending on the grade of the prison. Hopefully as with the former MP this can work. Also there were sucessful restaurants in some prisons and people go on to work in that sphere. Once they become repeat offenders it is more difficult to follow. But the main goal is protecting the public so it depends on the prisoner to make best use of 'timeout'. If that fails and the prisoner learns only how better not to be caught, it is a sad cycle. But the 1st goal of prison is protect the public.

@NathanNostaw Ай бұрын

Completely agree. Sadly the protection of society is never discussed as the biggest purpose of the justice system. Detention sentences and risks/outcomes of reoffending should be based on societal protection rather than punishment or rehab.

@NathanNostaw Ай бұрын

I know it's a short video, but it seemed like an ignorant view on a very complex issue. Anyone that has worked in the detention system and connected with multiple detainees knows that it's not the detention that contributes to reoffending. Remand should be minimal and only on rare occasions, the fact it is such an issue should initiate justice system upgrades (bail is not always an option). Reduction of juvenile crime is a complex issue and needs intervention and identification at the earlier stages of life including addressing education, drug abuse, DV and interlectual impairment.

@user-sm8j Күн бұрын

Good article

@ryjka1 Ай бұрын

What is your take on reoffending while out on bail? Do you think all AVO's are safe for the victim? Don't do the crime and you won't do the time.

@harryjones7723 7 күн бұрын

Sorry, did she just say that putting more criminals in prison has dropped the crime rate and this is a problem with a criminal justice system.? WTF. We all make choices. Live with consequences