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Solo dev has to pause his work due to being in prison for at least the next 3 years (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel for these people. There are a lot of people who have already learned from their mistakes but will go to jail or prison anyway as punishment.
Obviously i am having to take them at their word here but even probation, monitoring, and community service could be an alternative solution.

I believe in rehabilitation and reintegration, not vengeance.

Also i applaud the honesty.

[–] gibmiser 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mad respect for owning it. Guy could still be a terrible person.I don't know , but at least he accepted the consequences.

[–] brlemworld 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How do you know it's a man? Their name is Dizzie.

[–] mwproductions 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whoa, that last sentence. 😬

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The truth that nobody wants to hear.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I think most people are aware that imprisoning people is not about reforming them. In the US at least.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What if they were able to work on it from lockup? I know it won’t happen, but the system is gonna make them do work anyway, so why not this?

[–] AgentDalePoopster 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Allowing the dev to continue work from prison would benefit the dev and help them live a better life after finishing their sentence, rather than making money for the prison industrial complex at the dev's expense.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

rather than making money for the prison industrial complex at the dev's expense.

As in, they probably won’t let him do it right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Basically, what does the more than likely, for profit prison, get out of them allowing this. Nothing, so they won't.

[–] Stovetop 4 points 2 days ago

In any country they would be more likely to be thrown in a government-run prison, even in the US, but you're right that a lot of countries will still not allow prisoners to engage in independent business ventures. Especially in the US where the government would rather use their prisoners for slave labor.

[–] Fades 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because the system isn’t about keeping prisoners occupied or satisfied, it’s a punishment. Forcing someone to continue working in their passion project is t a punishment.

It’s not like all work is the same so therefore there’s no difference. Putting that aside, if the system worked and truly focused on rehabilitation, how is putting them back to work doing what they already were doing going to help them rehabilitate their violent tendencies?

They admit they were very violent and hurt many people. Something needs to be done, why would they something be the thing they’re already doing for fun/money?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

A system based on rehabilitation would probably not prohibit work on passion projects. Rehabilitation isn't just about stopping the bad thinga, it's equally as much about encouraging the good things - which would probably be work on a passion project or a job they enjoy doing to smoothen their transition back into society.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Yo that game looks fun