• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      I thought we say: we need more flesh for the prison-industrial complex.

      Although, sentence length doesn’t seem to be correlated to deterrence, that doesn’t mean the inevitability of imprisonment isn’t a legitimate deterrent at all. For example, the belief that there’s a high likelihood of getting caught does increase deterrence.