> Nuñez said there were misconceptions about Proposition 6 that may have affected how people voted. The legal jargon used on the ballot, like “involuntary servitude,” could have made it difficult for voters to understand, he said.
No, voters understood that prison is supposed to hurt a bit.
Punitive punishment is unproductive, not to mention immoral and reprehensible, if the ostensible goal is rehabilitation when the prisoner will eventually be released.
You're not saying anything specific or anything of substance. America isn't interested in rehabilitation, it's interested in punitive retribution and maximizing suffering.
Definitely exploded in London, especially post-covid. Source; used to work for a supermarket. Shrinkage has exploded and staff are rightfully told not to intervene because some of them get quite stabby.
Because America is a brutal society uninterested in progress or decency. Just look at the per capita incarceration rate and the number of likely innocent executed people.
Well, in my opinion, 1) you have to feed yourself in real life, you should pull your weight in prison too, and 2) the whole reason you're there is that you did something presumably wrong, and the consequences for that have to suck if they're going to motivate you to not do it anymore.
No, voters understood that prison is supposed to hurt a bit.