Based on my personal work experience in our social welfare system, if one wished to acquire a mental illness , the surest way to do so would be to enter our nation’s prison system. While the topic of prison reform has slowly begun to gain traction versus the “tough on crime” rhetoric that has dominated the politics of crime and punishment since the 1960s, the task of creating a prison system that, while a sufficient deterrant to crime, doesn’t strip a human of their God-given rights remains a necessary task in search of a solution . The cost of […]
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