Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences (2020)

Post by crubier » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 8:38 PM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #68

crubier wrote: post #34

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Ok so you’re saying: « Making prisoners read books is racist ». Don’t you realize that this statement is either completely delusional or some form of woke nonsensical Newspeak? Let me recap: This initiative only has upsides, no downsides. And it has no race distinction. And it benefits people across the board, from people of color to white people. And in absolute terms it will benefit to more people of color than whi…

> This initiative only has upsides, no downsides. Theoretically, it might release someone who the rest of the world would have been better off keeping in jail.

Post by 10000truths » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 8:41 PM UTC

someperson wrote: post #43

yawaworht1978 wrote: post #3

This could be a bit discriminatory, Brazil has a high analphabetism rate, it will be worst in prison, I suppose. The ones who can't read should be offered courses and maybe start with easy comics.

> analphabetism I've never heard that word before. It's a synonym for illiteracy.

Post by tgv » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

randcraw wrote: post #69

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Relatively easy to find, given that the name is quite distinctive. E.g., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02727... . That article doesn't seem to be conclusive. I, however, doubt the value of bibliotherapy. I don't see how it would work.

I think a major takeaway from reading is to see inside the mind of another person. That's something that I suspect most criminals do badly, since crime, especially violent crime, requires the person to NOT understand the impact of their actions on others. Sociopaths don't care, but they commit the vast minority of crime. Getting the other criminals to appreciate more perspectives than just their own might be very hel…

Post by thaumasiotes » Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 3:15 AM UTC

crubier wrote: post #82

inglor_cz wrote: post #76

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This guy got out of Austrian prison because he could write readably, up to the point of being published and gaining a lot of support from the usual literary luvvies. (I read the book, it was way too self-pitying. Written well, but the stench of "everyone was so mean to me and I am such a victim" was unbearable.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Unterweger He went on to murder a few more women before being caught an…

Situation is different here. We talk about reading books not writing them. And of a maximum of reducing by 48days per year, so a 13% reduction of the sentence of people read books continuously, not about releasing people that wouldn’t have been released anyway.