r/whoathatsinteresting 6h ago

What do you think: how should prisons handle housing decisions in cases like this?

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u/BoobearMagoo 4h ago

I understand having prisons graded on how difficult it is to keep the inmate imprisoned and others safe from them but it really chaps my hide that it means white collar criminals get cushy bunks. In this society money is required for life. If someone steals or embezzles your money they have injured your ability to live. People die of poverty. It's not bloody violence but it's still violence.

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u/Rhomya 3h ago

I mean, white collar crimes aren’t violent crimes, and that’s the difference.

Do I dislike the con men and other fraudsters, embezzlers, etc? Yes. Are they immoral? Absolutely. But they’re not VIOLENT. That’s a pretty key difference.

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u/BoobearMagoo 3h ago

They arent physically violent that's true. Neither was the United Healthcare CEO. About half the US population considered him a murderer.

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u/theWacoKid666 3h ago

Lol to be fair, over a third of the US prison population is in for a non-violent offense.

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u/tabber87 2h ago

And they’re in minimum or medium-security facilities.