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Mindless_Money590 t1_itah1jj wrote

Why on earth would you give inmates keys?

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Crap4Brainz t1_itb8br1 wrote

>Why on earth would you give inmates keys?

So they can open doors, duh!

Jokes aside: Treating prisoners humanely has been shown to significantly reduce recidivism rates.It really does help let them out of their cells as a reward for good behavior. In Germany, almost all non-violent criminals get keys to their own cells.

Being "tough on crime" makes things worse and benefits no-one except for-profit private prison corporations.

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ConstantFwdProgress t1_itbrvv6 wrote

I mean, that's pretty common for low-security places in the US too. They don't give you a key, but your cell is unlocked through the day so you can go from there to the common area for your cell block.

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cas13f t1_itbxlly wrote

Depending on the age of facility and security level, they do give inmates keys to their cells.

At the facility I worked at, the minimum-security and minimum-trustee annexes were configured such that inmates had a key to their cells. They couldn't lock or unlock the primary security lock, but they could secure their cell to a degree. Two locks, one only works with the key on the guard's set, and a handle lock that works with both the (cell-specific!) inmate key and guard key.

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seriousbangs t1_itarp5i wrote

We put so many people behind bars that don't belong there (usually on nonviolent drug offenses) that you can have an entire jail full of them.

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RancidMustard t1_itaxwn1 wrote

why would you give prison inmates the keys was the question

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seriousbangs t1_itco002 wrote

You didn't understand my answer.

My answer was (to put it bluntly), we put people who shouldn't be in jail in jail.

Those people are honest and harmless. They're not criminals. Often they're just people self medicating with drugs we've made crimes out of for political reasons (google Richard Nixon and Drug War).

So you can give them the keys and they'll come right back because they are honest citizens made criminals for political reasons!!!

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RancidMustard t1_ite89p8 wrote

No I got the answer, not sure how that's a relevant answer as what I read your answer as, is that some inmates are fine to give keys too. It's like you're trying to convince your 5 upvoters that drug dealers & junkies are to be trusted. Explain that away einstein.

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Wiley_Applebottom t1_itpfyxz wrote

Well, for starters, we literally don't care if people who don't belong in jail escape from jail. I don't need to go any further than that Mr. Hawkinson.

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RancidMustard t1_itwgulg wrote

You want people who poison people for money, free from prison? They kinda deserve it, no?

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Me_Krally t1_itcfw37 wrote

You didn't hear the story where a guard sold key access to an inmate?

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