Posted on 04/27/2017 5:21:59 AM PDT by pabianice
The Prison Abolition Collective organized a photo campaign held in the lobby of the Student Union Wednesday from 10 to 3 p.m. today that will continue at the same time on Thursday.
The collective is comprised of about 11 members and was established in December 2016. It was formerly known as the Racial Justice Coalition.
The group had whiteboards with “I support prison abolition because…” written across them and encouraged students to finish the statement and pose for a photo with the board.
The photos will be displayed on social media to increase visibility and get the word out about the organization.
PAC was formed to “seek to end the prison industrial complex and all forms of incarceration” according to factsheets displayed alongside the photo campaign.
The group suggested the main alternative to incarceration is restorative justice.
“The concept of restorative justice is an alternative to incarceration, where communities talk to people when conflicts arise and come up with a solution within the community,” said Josie Pinto, a senior public health sciences and women, gender and sexuality studies major and a member of PAC since the beginning of the spring semester. “I think it’s important because incarceration is really not a solution in terms of actually changing people. It just takes people away from their families, it is honestly a waste of valuable time in life.”
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Just show some of the daily crime news from around the country to these people, and ask what should be done with the perps. Talk to ‘em and turn ‘em loose?
They live on fantasy island.
“I support prison abolition because black people are 8X more likely to commit violent crimes than any other race, and it’s not fair that whitey puts us in prison when we’re caught.” There, I answered it for everyone.
May the ones pushing for this be the first to bear the brunt if prison abolition were put into play.
I support the abolition of prisons because killed while resisting arrest would free up the courts and save money which could be used to build the wall and buy ammo.
They only want to abolish prisons because whites are not the majority population ...
The worse criminals are out of prison and roam free with pay. CONgre$$. It is becoming more apparent every day.
“I do not think that illegal plunder, such as theft or swindling — which the penal code defines, anticipates, and punishes — can be called socialism. It is not this kind of plunder that systematically threatens the foundations of society.”
“The Law” - Bastiat
Ticking...
...debt bomb
“Socialism Is Legal Plunder” - “The Law”
I think each PAC member should accept a parolee to come live with them in order to get the full experience. And in order to show their true commitment, we’re not talking about non-violent criminals but rather the ones with real impressive creds and a nice long rap sheet. Let’s test the courage of their convictions (npi).
It's not that they're stupid. It's that they don't consider offenses against white people to be things that deserve punishment.
That lovely cocktail of toxic naïveté and youthful arrogance. Makes me wanna puke.
> The collective is comprised of about 11 members
They don’t even know their membership.
Conklin: Well, why don’t you go upstairs and book a conference room. Maybe you can talk him to death.
Bourne Identity
Better yet, let these fools spend a couple of nights locked up with the perps, especially some of Obola’s sons who are “victims” of “mass incarceration.” Or, better yet, send some of these snowflakes to live on the South and West sides of Chicago.
Because crime only happens everywhere else - never affected me. In fact I hate the Black Community so much lets just send them back to form an Army or Government of Thieves to Rule.
You can. But it is a very permanent fix.
Well, I run more towards “Transportation for Life” but we don’t have any place to transport them to...
“Los Angeles has just adopted restorative justice throughout all their public schools. So when a kid does something wrong in class, instead of getting suspended they sit in a community circle and talk with their teachers and counselors and get to the root of the problem. And that’s been shown to decrease disciplinary problems,”
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I really think there is a slight bit of difference between talking or disruption in a middle school or high school classroom and raping, robbing, and murdering someone on the street....
I’m against sending a lot of people to prison. I say,”Three Strikes, You’re Out,” should be, “Three strikes, you’re shot.”
If we give prompt capital punishment to recidivists, the drop in crime rates and prison populations would be astoudning. I for one am glad to see even ultra-leftists begin to understand the problem.
Put some of these felons under house arrest in the homes of those advocating “prison abolition”. The movement will disappear real fast!
“I support prison abolition because…”
I support prison abolition because there is no mention of incarceration as a means of punishment in Torah.
According to the Law, there are only four punishments: economic retribution (paying damages at 120%), physical retribution (an eye for an eye, etc.), exile ("cut off from one's people"), and execution. There might be temporary jail while waiting for trial and judgment, but after conviction, the appropriate punishment is to be meted out swiftly.
Incarceration as a means of punishment is a modern invention; it was hoped that people who were incarcerated would consider the heinous nature of their crimes, repent, and convert their lives so that they would engage in non-criminal activity, which is why prisons were called "penitentiaries," places where criminals would become penitent and repent.
It didn't work, and it doesn't work. Violent criminals should be exiled or executed, and non-violent criminals should be made to pay what they have stolen.
That is why I would support prison abolition. Of course, that isn't what the "board" meant when they started this; they would prefer to fix "dumb" (throwing millions of people into prison) with "dumber" (letting criminals prey on society).
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