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kingkush1974 t1_je91gpr wrote

This is false did 12 years in prison.i own a house several cars and a buisness .inmates have to want to change their lives if not it's a continuous cycle

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Specialist-Lion-8135 t1_je9sncm wrote

Your story is not every person’s story. I’m glad you achieved personal success. Many haven’t the perspective or self respect to know how to change for the better and some cannot regain the power of choosing their destiny without help.

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ArgumentLost9383 t1_je97ydo wrote

I don’t know why this is down voted, that’s incredible that you were able to pick yourself up and keep on living. Good job you should be proud.

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BrownMan65 t1_je99ig6 wrote

Because unverifiable anecdotes are worthless to the conversation. If it is true, great good for him. It’s still an anecdote and again worthless to the conversation. There’s more than enough proof showing that just sending prisoners out into the world with no support increases recidivism.

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fuserx t1_je9huj0 wrote

For the record I am for this pilot.

But I do not agree with the way that it's being administered and I don't think that you can make any conclusions/ establish proof through this type of pilot.

Article said over 100 people applied and 20 of the worst people were selected. That's not how the scientific method works to establish "proof". You just get 20 anecdotes. Without randomization and a matched cohort of individuals with the similar issues, this pilot is useless

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Specialist-Lion-8135 t1_je9th4r wrote

Nothing is ever useless to resourceful people.

Journalists also have a bad habit of oversimplifying things for the layman. One would have to be a part of the process to completely understand their criteria.

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fuserx t1_jea10v9 wrote

Perhaps. It sure it was oversimplified. But the standards for social sciences are so lax. Do a real experiment if you want to come to these conclusions that these programs work.

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Specialist-Lion-8135 t1_jea2yth wrote

Unfortunately, time is necessary to prove theories and experience is necessary to understand results. My daughter participated in a Yale psychology study as an infant and it took thirty years to publish their findings. You can learn about their findings in the documentary, ‘Babies’ on Netflix. It is really fascinating. I wish I knew the things they learned while she was still a child but that is the paradox of education and experience.

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BrownMan65 t1_jea98ma wrote

They aren't running an experiment here. They're basing their reasoning off of research that's already been done.

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otis-potus t1_je9gpgl wrote

The fact that this is so downvoted, shows how completed blinded and delusional this sub is.

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