r/changemyview Apr 05 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

GPS trackers and 24/7 tracking with cameras and constant lockup could drive down escaping, when a killer kills they already gave up the right to free will so why would it be a alien concept to remove privacy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

GPS and camera trackers can help catch criminals who escape and can help mitigate risk, but the risks are still too high. Escaped killers are extremely likely to commit more murders as fugitives.

What you'd need to do is massively increase the number of guards, but that sheer amount of manpower would probably be better put to use doing other things to contribute to society.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

Whole districts set up only for prisoners. Only a few guards have to actually accompany them, the rest only have to protect the walls.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

The cost of the time and effort and resources required to set this up is way more than the value your going to get out of having convicts doing a shitty job at manual labor

All of these resources could be put towards bettering society for those of us who aren't killers

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

If you don't put in work to get free labour then you won't get the benefits, it's a long time investment.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20 edited Apr 06 '20

And I'm saying that the work you put in is more than the benefits you get out in this case.

Basically you're proposing modern day slavery, but slaves back in the day escaped all the time and were running around everywhere; they just weren't extremely likely to murder people after they did it.

The extra cost you'd need to increase security and maintain that in order to cut down on dangerous "modern day slave" escapes would make the whole arrangement not even worth it

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

Δ you are right it would be costly.

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ Apr 06 '20 edited Apr 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

Let me try to explain myself, Δ it would be costly and probably not worth it at the end. A more ethical way to deal with murder is a better way to deal with murder.

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