Setting these people up for failure. They get clean/dry/psych med compliant inside due to a bit of stability and access to services. Fucked back out onto the freephone and a life of chaos when sentence is done. Doesn’t take a genius to work out why re-offending rate is so high.
Would save money spunked on garda, legal aid & court time (and the enormous cost of incarceration) if even a basic few month post release service encompassing psych/addiction, training and housing (even of a halfway house type) was provided even just for folks convicted of nuisance low level offences. Would be worth a pilot initiative just to see.
Nobody gets elected by being sensible though, its ‘tough on crime’ or nothing sadly.
There but for the grace of God go I
Sad to say full support and three meals and medical cover all available in prison
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Setting these people up for failure. They get clean/dry/psych med compliant inside due to a bit of stability and access to services. Fucked back out onto the freephone and a life of chaos when sentence is done. Doesn’t take a genius to work out why re-offending rate is so high.
Would save money spunked on garda, legal aid & court time (and the enormous cost of incarceration) if even a basic few month post release service encompassing psych/addiction, training and housing (even of a halfway house type) was provided even just for folks convicted of nuisance low level offences. Would be worth a pilot initiative just to see.
Nobody gets elected by being sensible though, its ‘tough on crime’ or nothing sadly.
There but for the grace of God go I
Sad to say full support and three meals and medical cover all available in prison