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What does it mean?
Many individuals leave prison worse off than when they entered.
In plain terms
Prison often makes people worse.
What can you take from it?
Prison often fails to rehabilitate.

Where it applies

  • justice system
  • life after prison

Putting it to work

  • advocate reform
  • support rehabilitation

Questions to consider

  • How do we fix prisons?
  • What helps reintegration?

Another view

It overlooks individual successes.

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