REPORT: In the never ending battle to stop oppression the next group up for consideration? Criminals. If you want to argue against this (probably unstoppable) movement it will probably not help any to have facts on your side. But you still might want the facts anyway. So here are some for your consideration: Recidivism Of Prisoners Released In 30 States In 2005: Patterns From 2005 To 2010
Highlights:
Among state prisoners released in 30 states in 2005—
- About two-thirds (67.8%) of released prisoners were arrested for a new crime within 3 years, and three-quarters (76.6%) were arrested within 5 years.
- Within 5 years of release, 82.1% of property offenders were arrested for a new crime, compared to 76.9% of drug offenders, 73.6% of public order offenders, and 71.3% of violent offenders.
- More than a third (36.8%) of all prisoners who were arrested within 5 years of release were arrested within the first 6 months after release, with more than half (56.7%) arrested by the end of the first year.
- Two in five (42.3%) released prisoners were either not arrested or arrested once in the 5 years after their release.
- A sixth (16.1%) of released prisoners were responsible for almost half (48.4%) of the nearly 1.2 million arrests that occurred in the 5-year follow-up period.
- An estimated 10.9% of released prisoners were arrested in a state other than the one that released them during the 5-year follow-up period
- Within 5 years of release, 84.1% of inmates who were age 24 or younger at release were arrested, compared to 78.6% of inmates ages 25 to 39 and 69.2% of those age 40 or older.
Daniel emails:
Hey Luke! Since you believe most people in prison should never be let out, maybe you would like to pay for their continued imprisonment?
Well, as it turns out, neither would most people! My personal choice is to carry a weapon so that violent crime will not be a threat to me. Of course, releasing even ALL prisoners would hardly increase violent crime given that:
7.9% of sentenced prisoners in federal prisons on September 30, 2009 were in for violent crimes.[28] 52.4% of sentenced prisoners in state prisons at year end 2008 were in for violent crimes.[28] 21.6% of convicted inmates in jails in 2002 (latest available data by type of offense) were in for violent crimes.Taken from wikipedia’s “incarceration in the united states” article:
According to a 2014 report by Human Rights Watch, “tough-on-crime” laws adopted since the 1980s have filled U.S. prisons with mostly nonviolent offenders.[19] This policy failed to rehabilitate prisoners and many were worse on release than before incarceration. Rehabilitation programs for offenders can be more cost effective than prison.[20] According to the Brennan Center for Justice, falling crime rates cannot be ascribed to mass incarceration.[21]Even though you are not Jewish racially, your inclination to control and to impose will by force using governmental authority is certainly a Jewish tendency. With libertarianism a dominant political philosophy among race realists, the extent to which you view government as your savior is surprising.
By the way, I was talking to a libertarian Jewish friend of mine and asked him for an explanation of how Jews are so pro- big government when most of their persecution has come at the hands of government actors; his response was that the Jews have always sought salvation in the hands of other, non-hostile governments.
What is your excuse?
Chaim Amalek: “We should offer convicted criminals the option of renouncing their citizenship and moving to North Korea.”
Luke: We should sterilize everyone convicted of a felony and sterilize everyone with an IQ under 100. The average IQ of American prisoners is 85. IQ correlates with abiding by the law. We should chemically reduce the testosterone levels of young men with low IQs so they are less likely to commit mayhem. I have more where this comes from.
Daniel: “Seems like a lot of violence. Why not just stop funding the unlimited reproduction of the underclass by shutting down the social welfare state? The sociopathic will die after 3 weeks and the process would cost us 0 dollars.”
