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im not subscribed to the prison abolition thing fully but i want to learn. what happens to mass killers? how would they be reformed in this ideology if they would be? how do u make sure they dont do it again? is the official stance that mass murder is not inherent to the human condition? thanks

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[–] Meow@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 months ago

When the root cause is systemic, the solution also needs to be systemic, like for example, a high security facility to keep them while they recover wouldn't be the end all, but there could be more outside work as well, such as investigating the conditions that drove them to the crime, and helping them form and follow through on a plan to change those conditions, with state support in what ways are needed to change those conditions. It needs to be treated as a whole and everything relevant integrated into the process of making sure a repeat incident is unlikely, with more serious crimes having a higher bar of thoroughness, though at the same time, their life is not more important than that of others, and what one does affects the system just as the system affects them, so a persons recovery cannot come at greater expense to the rest of society then that of the life of the person that did the crime compared to those that did not, if someone murders someone, the bar for insuring that they will never murder again needs to be no less then on the moon.