If we were to reform our judicial system, how about replacing prisons with correctional housing? Seems I may have caught wind of some place in Scandinavia doing this -- sending offenders to correctional housing instead of prison.
Not everyone would go to the correctional housing. Those posing as threats to society, and who would flee if not locked up, would still be sent to lock-up. But, but it makes sense to send much of the rest (or at least some) to correctional housing. If these are offenders who would not flee -- and if no great harm would be done if they did flee -- why lock them up?
Remember, America is known for having one of the highest -- if not the highest -- incarceration rates in the world. This is America, land of the free, we are talking about.
So, let's bring it down. Let's lower the incarceration rate.
Besides saving money, it would help in reforming the offenders. Sticking them in with hardened criminals, sometimes only leads them to become hardened, themselves. If you want to reform them, why not simply house them in facilities where they are taught and molded, guided and changed?
Speak softly, and don't even carry a big stick, so to speak. Keep them in a loving and caring facility without the harshness of prison walls.
Note: Blog tweaked 3/30/18
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