Learned helplessness is not just a theory -- it's our re-entry policy.
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There is something uniquely cruel, I think, about a justice system that simultaneously says that it wants you to reintegrate into your community but actively opposes and undermines those efforts at every turn.
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American exceptionalism.
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See also: they should have immigrated legally!
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Ah yes of course
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What % have substance/ alcohol issues? 12 step community very accepting and willing to help those sincerely seeking change
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That's certainly true, and valuable to people that have those issues. That said, we call jails and prisons correctional facilities, state's call the dept. the Dept. of Corrections, and we claim to want to rehabilitate people. No one should have to rely on the 12 step community.
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"We want you to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps after we have made it perfectly clear that we don't want you to do that." "Oh, and don't do anything funny like do well for yourself or we'll put a stop to that too." The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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“Stand up for yourself you worthless piece of shit” — Doomtree
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I just saw in another forum where someone’s client was prohibited from going to the food bank to eat because the electronic monitoring people wouldn’t allow it, as being outside the “zone.” There’s your reintegration.
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Sounds familiar.
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