What would a world without prisons be like? | BBC Ideas

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We take prisons, or jails, for granted - but how effective are they? And are there better alternatives? In this viewpoint, OU Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Dr David Scott, explores what a world without prisons might be like.

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dinosaury

To be fair most victims aren't looking for the rehabilitation of the criminal. They are in pain and are looking for their pound of flesh.

victoria

Prison is just a place where they send non-violent criminals to be tortured by the violent ones. At the very least they should separate the two.

Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin

I agree that victims should be included in the restorative process. That's what we need restoration and not imprisonment.We as a society have chosen the easier route of hiding our problems rather than working through them. The later is much better for mental health and general well being

Boahemaa

That small number of people that need to be kept out of society for the safety of us all? Those are prisoners. That place where they're kept out of society? That's a prison. This is not a world without prisons. So, yes, we're going to need to figure out what to do with that small minority before we can not have prisons.

phillipaldermaston

Let's say that you want to phase out prisons and replace them with social justice programs aimed at 'righting systemic wrongs'. How do you pay for them? The same as before: tax revenue. But how do you ensure that enough people actually pay their full taxes if non-compliance is not punishable with prison at least somewhere down the line? Perhaps you could simply fine people for tax-evasion rather than imprisoning them. But how do you get people who would refuse to pay tax money to the gov't, if not ultimately for the threat of prison, to pay fine money to the gov't--if not ultimately for the threat of prison?

jonbriggs

Very cool! I was just watching an interview with Angela Davis and I found myself thinking about what prision abolition could entail in Europe. This gave me some things to think about. And beautiful animation!

majl

Except 1)You wouldn't expect prison population to reflect the number of crimes because Pareto's principle and 2)incapacitation is a thing and 3)Prisons are actually closer to what, about 2000 years old? Our oldest surviving legal code talks about imprisonment as a penalty for kidnapping.

phillipaldermaston

The concurrent problems facing society is opinions tbh. And the irony sets in because this is literally an opinion in itself 😂... But until we acc start listening to science and true data, we'll never find justice. Great video, keep up the good work!

squimbles

how do we reconcile giving criminals second chances when people don't feel safe around violent felons?

harrybudgeiv

Three laws:
1.Don't kill or harm others.
2. Don't break, take, or trespass on people property.
3. Keep your promises.

MarinelliBrosPodcast

My mom told me how in Poland, I'm pretty sure she was told this, 'localities' used to have no 'officers' and people would be fine.

It was a community thing. And it's funny the way she made it clear to me that people back then would laugh at the idea of hiring someone to 'police themselves' around... ironically just how some are laughing here about having no 'prisons...'

People 'naturally' want to do what they feel is 'right, ' I hold. It's just that sometimes they've got ignorance and/or something lacking in their hearts and so they go about it in the wrong way. Like, for example, think about someone who's willing to rob a bank? Why? what is their 'line of reasoning?' There *always* is something.

No one does something for no reason.

We were 'biologically wired' to work together I think. That said, like people with missing fingers there are people 'sick/different' in the head. But just like 'missing fingers, ' i 'hold' that, that's much more 'rare' than 'people' think.

Victor-tldk

John Gotti, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone approves this message.

mentalmachete

I learned a lot about prisons 21 years ago in my social problems class at Wake Technical Community College and visited Central Prison in my class back in April 2002.

PraveenSrJ