re: 22 y/o dead after being tied up,beaten & sexually assaulted for two days by prison gang

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Theft isn't a victimless crime and deserves to be punished, but perhaps we shouldn't be housing inmates serving a 1yr sentence for something like this with violent criminals?

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This is one of the main reasons restorative justice gained traction.

We need a lot more low-security prisons that are rehabilitation-focused (which should be cheaper to run) so that judges and prosecutors don't have to feel like they are throwing a non-violent offender to the wolves and building a worse criminal who is far more likely to commit violent crimes.

We can't prevent the cycle for everyone but we can almost ensure it becomes a cycle for almost anyone when we house them with much more serious offenders.