Learning to code from a jail cell

http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/12/05/coding-in-prison.cnnmoney/index.html?iid=GM

How nice of the state to pay for a criminals education. Meanwhile, many honest, hard working people continue to get in student debt over the same course material. Sorry for the bitterness, I'm kind of 50/50 on this. It's nice to rehabilitate most criminals, but who is going to buy their Apps?

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They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

That's true. But at the same time that's a fair point. Go to jail, but get all the perks of learning what you want without having to fight the system for it?

It's not so much a flaw or a mistake to try and get people to straighten up their act in prison. Because some people can straighten out. But the fact that simply being in prison grants you access to those resources where people who aren't in prison have to struggle and fight every step of the way means that something is fucked.

Also, this seems like it's a flight bound for the serious board. No extra service charges, I promise.

Its better than going back to the same old crappy lifestyle they had before they came in there.

Maybe I might sound racist, but most of the inmates appear to be of color... What's going on with that?

Maybe I might sound racist, but most of the inmates appear to be of color... What's going on with that?

Colour attraction. Stick a candle in a dark room and all eyes fall on the candle. The coloured folks stand out more in their efforts because they have a feature that marks them as different. People, all people, even news folks and reviewers and stuff like that, seem to have a subconscious habit of doing that. Focusing on the one that stands out.

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It's not like we're paying for them to go to Harvard or Yale; we're giving them some tools to get back on their feet after they finish their time so they can break out of they cycle they were in.

Hasn't rehabilitation basically been proven to work over simple imprisonment?

It's not so much a flaw or a mistake to try and get people to straighten up their act in prison. Because some people can straighten out. But the fact that simply being in prison grants you access to those resources where people who aren't in prison have to struggle and fight every step of the way means that something is fucked.

I dunno exactly...

They're gonna have a hard time with someone hiring them to give them a decent wage, and if they had to consider paying back in student loans they might well just go back to crime to pay for it if the education they gained gets them nowhere.

Put it this way; two candidates for a job, both are equally qualified and perfect for the job, You check the CRB, and you find one had a stint in the joint for drug use, a violent crime or something a few years back. Would you be inclined to hire them? Most wouldn't, even if they were proficient at what they learned.

They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

Well if they're never going to change, we should just execute them all instead of keeping them in prison

derp.

I'd rather see people come out of jail and be productive citizens than see them come out of jail and return to committing crime.

Jail shouldn't be about punishment first and foremost, but about rehabilitation. When it comes to repeat violent offenders then they can stay in there and rot <.<

People who choose punishment over rehabilitation are petty, morally insane and, most reprehensibly,  idiotic.

I don't care for such people.

They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

Because it is impossible for people to change for the better, even when offered a chance to improve themselves. Something that that they may not have had or hadn't realized it was something that was worth their time before they began involving themselves in criminal activity.

They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

I didn't.
Stop acting like you know everything about criminology just because you're a freshman at a school studying it.

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They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

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They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

Seeing how I'm on topic and you're talking about some random thread, lol.

Stop making me cringe. Stay on topic if you can.

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Alright, the both of you. Cut it out and enough with the personal attacks.

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They're people. Rehabilitation is far better than going to a shithole then coming out and living the same lifestyle.

Too fucking bad. People are responsible for their actions, nobody else. These same people, no matter how much rehab they will go through, will continue their path of being a career criminal

I didn't.
Stop acting like you know everything about criminology just because you're a freshman at a school studying it.

Ancedotal; Studies show a large portion of former prisoners get rearrested again, one by the BJS showing a staggering 67%
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rpr94.pdf

Sophomore, thank-you very much

Alright, the both of you. Cut it out and enough with the personal attacks.

You made Ninja?

Congratulations dude.

Noice.

Congrats Icy.

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