Our Prison System Is Our De Facto Mental Health Care System | In Their Own Words | Big Think: " . . . . Essentially, the problem is, in this country especially, we incarcerate everyone. America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. As far as the percentage of our population behind bars, we beat every other country in the world. It’s a totally broken system because that's criminogenic, meaning it leads to more crime. When you break somebody’s social circles and employment opportunities, you’re making it really likely they’re going to end up back there. There's so much more that we can be doing given the understanding we have of the biological basis of behavior. We can help rehabilitate. We can modulate sentencing in a rational way. We don't have to treat everyone like . . . . " (read more at link above)
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