When Stir Crazy was filmed in 1980, the U.S. prison population was about 329,800 people, representing approximately 140 individuals per 100,000 residents, or roughly 0.14% of the population. By 2022, the prison population had risen to around 2 million , incarcerated in state and federal prisons and jails, making up 541 per 100,000 residents, or about 0.54% of the population.
Richard Pryor only saw the beginning of the crisis which is why he was able to joke about it.
I'm not saying separation dangerous people from society is a bad one.
I'm saying prison shouldn't be the default solution for every offense.
The USA has the highest number and percentage of incarcerated people anywhere in the world because everyone's kneejerk response is, "but we need it for dangerous murderers!" instead of "it's a human rights crisis that we're allowing to happen in our backyards and we're choosing to allow it to happen instead of doing the hard work of brainstorming and building an effective alternative".
If someone got you an uber, would you have a place to go?
Never call the police. They don't prevent crime, they show up afterwards to hurt the person who did it. NEVER call them.
didn't want to get side tracked by this one case
but getting hit with a bus was the ideas result for this guy lol
I'm calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800.799.SAFE (7233) and they gave me some resources,
FindHelp.org and when you go there, put in your zip code, look for shelter, other services? access to housing, medical support
DomesticShelters.org put in zip code, in filters, click "services men" and look for your specific criteria
Let me know if you need any help with these, or planning, or anything?