• Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org
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    “Murder in Victoria carries a potential maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.” Now that’s wild.

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      Why? Prison is supposed to be rehabilitative. In America it is 100% punitive instead, but Australia retains like 25% of the rehabilitation concept.

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        1 year ago

        I’m all for rehabilitation. But according to the University of Adelaide, almost half of prisoners released in 2018-19 returned to prison within two years. Not much rehabilitation going on there. Also, if we’re talking about rehabilitation, fixed lengths for prison sentences make no sense. A prisoner should then be released into society when they have been rehabilitated, not after a fixed amount of years.

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          I agree, hence why I said Australia is like 25% still about rehab, were 75% like the US where it’s just punitive. If we actually moved towards proper rehab like some European states then we’d see improvement in outcomes.

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      It’s actually 25. But it’s amazing to think that people in Florida can get 30 years just for possessing some weed. I think it might be the US that has the problem here.