Prison of the Future: Prisoners will be able to implant memories of the victims of their crimes.
Millions of people around the world are in prison.
However, statistics show that imprisonment does not guarantee the prevention of reoffending.
I can promise you that if such a technology is introduced, it’ll be used mostly to implant people with memories of them committing a crime they didn’t commit, to make them scapegoats.
It’s interesting, one would think that with more and more technical means to abuse power the societies would be more keen on due process, deontology, and philosophy of a society of free and equal people bending their heads to no one. It seems the opposite, the further, the less important these things are considered. Like a positive feedback loop, which is the same as an explosion or other destructive change.
Probably Western societies are dropping all that new stupidity since Renaissance and since even earlier, when the Catholic church, despite its problems, held the idea that only a society of free people answering for themselves can be Christian. Their elites want to be sheikhs and behead those they don’t like.
Whatever you are smoking has gone bad
Hopefully we’ll have more compassion in the future and treat criminals like they’re in need of help… not ideal test subjects for a new torture machine.
So, how about these rich villains that have taken over Usa, what help do you offer them?
Having power over others means there is temptation to use that power for your own gain, and at others’ expense. Resisting that all the time is a lot of effort. Best to reduce the amount of power to a more manageable level, and affect fewer people if not resisted.
Oh so we know punishment focused response doesn’t increase rehabilitation so the idea is punishment in a dystopian sci fi way?
We could like, try listening to the experts instead
Isn’t this a plot to Star Trek Voyager episode?
They’ll implant new skills like “learning to knit”, but won’t mention anything about how to use the three seashells.
If the future has prisons, I don’t want it.
oh nice. i like that idea! what’s your plan to deal with criminals?
Very glad you asked!
Rehabilitation centers aiming at helping these people and reintegrating them into society instead of punishing them.
I think we lost the story with our prison system, currently it only punishes and that helps no one IMO.
I do not believe people just wake up and decide to do crime, there are usually systemic problems that leaves them no options. If I am starving I will also steal. So punishing me will do nothing there will be other starving people and they will steal too. Understanding these people and the problems and decisions that led them on this path is vital if society is to exist IMO.
The good thing is that some Nordic countries are with a similar viewpoint so there are some attempts at improving the prison system. Article
The bad thing is that america exists and if you read anything on the American prison system they look horrendous, if you read a bit more you will know it’s just slavery.
Space Australia&America
Ship all those criminals into spaaaace
what if they’re into that?
also, implying there is a future this far ahead.
[x] Doubt
Black Mirror shit.
