You think throwing people in jail is cheap? That is just a crazy, empirically wrong thing to think. Read more
Meagan Hatcher-Mays
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Boo on you for posting this. A curse on you. A pox. No. Read more
well, the status quo hasn't reduced them either, so maybe it's time to switch it up Read more
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PRISON REFORM CAN REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF RAPE. It makes no sense to separate these issues, they're intertwined. There are other ways of dismantling rape culture than just incapacitating everyone (in a hyper-masculine, sexually agressive and violent environment) all the time. That's actually an extreme and… Read more
Well, no. I make a ton of mistakes. Like erryday. But me talking about how the criminal justice system as it currently exists exacerbates rape culture...that does not exacerbate rape culture. I'm offering some solutions to the problem. This is like saying "talking about race is racist." Come on. Read more
I mean...it sort of is though. The charges prosecutors decide to bring, and the sentences received if convicted, are generally driven by media coverage of the case. We saw that in Steubenville actually—local authorities were dragging their heels a little on this case until the media/Anonymous started paying attention. Read more
Holler, girl. Read more
Oh ho ho, my article does not perpetuate rape culture but WOWZER thanks for making me screech out loud in my apartment, frightening my tiny dogs, and causing my cat to knock over my glass of water Read more
I'm sorry you feel that way, but the approach we've been taking so far doesn't work. Incapacitation, without more, is bad for women. Our criminal justice system is a complete fucking shit show that exacerbates rape culture (for all the reasons I've listed above). It's not rape-sympathizing to fight for a solution that… Read more
She said "doctor" was an example of sexual urges in children that should be corrected by parents, which suggests to me that she thinks that game is inappropriate for certain age group. Correcting that behavior is a form of rehabilitation, or a rehabilitative act, on the part of the parents. Luckily, someone left us a… Read more
I guess you don't have to "buy" that juvenile brains process information differently than adult brains, but science disagrees with you. Read more
I think there's good science to back up my point on whether deterrence is an effective tool to prevent juvenile crime. I urge you to read the briefs in Miller v. Alabama for more information on that. Read more
Sure, we do need more oversight and accountability in the prison system. But my larger point is that sexual violence in prison exacerbates sexual violence in society at large when prisoners are released. So my actual point is, maybe we think twice before sending two teenagers adjudicated for raping someone to an adult… Read more
I did take issue with her actual position, a bunch of times. Rehab takes a lot of different forms. It can take place before or after a crime has been committed. To me, it makes no sense to advocate for one but not the other. "Lawyernurse" 's example was a child behaving in a potentially oversexual way and then having… Read more
I'm not sure...I think it's about 200,000. By way of comparison there are more than 6 million people currently incarcerated. (More like 7+ million if you count all the people under state supervision, e.g. probation/parole.) Read more
Okay. You are entitled to think that calling someone a dodo is immature. And I appreciate you doing that thing that we all did when we wrote for the sixth grade newsletter by defining rehabilitation for me. Read more
Yeah! I understood! You're advocating for a form of rehabilitation! Read more
The problem with the point of view that "prisons should be horrible places that people don't ever want to go" is that threat of punishment just doesn't work as a deterrent for juvenile offenders. Their brains don't process action/consequence in the same way adult brains do. Throwing juveniles in adult prison for life,… Read more
I'm bummed that show isn't on anymore. It was a great, realistic look at a completely fucked system. Read more