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Answer Overview

Response rates from 88.9k Australia voters.

47%
Yes
53%
No
24%
Yes
41%
No
14%
Yes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis
10%
No, but we should increase funding to offer education and skill building services for prisoners
8%
Yes, but place them under house arrest using an electronic bracelet
2%
No, we should build more prisons
0%
No, transfer them to under crowded prisons instead

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @B33ZG2Tanswered…1 day1D

It depends on the crime committed. Any short sentenced low threat prisoner don't need to be in prison. Those charged with political crimes such as corruption do not normal pose a society wide risk once their power is taken away, a large fine should be issued and any further positions of power should be haltered.

 @B32DK5Nanswered…4 days4D

Neither, the focus for prisons should be to rehabilitate. For lesser crimes should be to close any gap to prevent reoffending. Also, prisions should be state run, not privatised as gov agencies are held to a higher standard of accountability having prisioners considered "wards of the state"

 @B2YQSTJanswered…6 days6D

A more community based approach can work, like a reform centre or a “inbetween” between incarceration and freedom.

 @B2W628Manswered…1wk1W

Low risk prisoners who demonstrate good prison conduct and have factors which prevent recidivism should be released to community monitoring

 @B2V8WS2 answered…2wks2W

Yes to a halfway house with government funded programs to ease transition and also a hire agency to ensure when they leave they will have a place to sleep and a job, only to happen if they are deemed unlikely to reoffend

 @B2SXP9Sanswered…2wks2W

Yes, but each prisoner should be thoroughly reviewed, and they are to be monitored and required to perform community service.

 @9GL9HRHanswered…1yr1Y

Yes but the prisoners have to be under supervision until they prove that the wont commit criminal offences

 @9GJ9TLManswered…1yr1Y

Depending on the crime, if its anything more than theft/drug use or dui's NO. Monitor those released though.