Dr_Pepper_spray

Dr_Pepper_spray t1_ivgdh9v wrote

What strikes me about all this is the thought that jail and prison aren't the same thing. You can be arrested for a crime, let's say rape, that you didn't commit, and you may not get a trial for months if not years. They'll shove you in Rikers where you'll have to survive amongst gangs and bullies, you'll have to get money for commissary that other inmates will try to bargin or steal from you and meanwhile you won't be working and all your shit on the outside will fall apart because you got accused of a crime you didn't commit.

Under a cash-bail system those who had means to pay the bail got out to at least cover their lives, while those too poor just stayed inside that dungeon and fell apart.

It's no fucking wonder.

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Dr_Pepper_spray t1_itwax1f wrote

I don't know if that's true. The benefits won't manifest until much later, and be one of those foundational things later citizens might take for granted and assume can be cut.

Edit: It's like ripping out parts of a perfectly functioning engine because gas is too expensive to operate it...and because you don't know how it works.

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