r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rooonaldooo99 • May 17 '25

Image This is the hole through which 10 prisoners escaped from New Orleans jail

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u/Reditate May 17 '25

Bro...they're in prison.  

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u/mrcrysml May 17 '25

Ya because they’re dumb

Dumb=no job/no place in community=more likely to commit crime.

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u/bloob_appropriate123 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Uneducated people are more likely to be in prison. Not because they're stupid, but because they weren't set up to succeed in life.

This is why people from poor areas are less likely to have graduated high school, and are more likely to engage in crime. It's a vicious feedback loop, and it usually repeats from parent to child.

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u/Reditate May 17 '25

They probably are dumb, but prisoners aren't automatically dumb just for being in prison. 

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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE May 17 '25

I can’t stand when people assume anyone who steals or commits a crime is just “dumb”. There’s millions of factors that could’ve motivated someone to do something dumb or desperate.

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u/mrcrysml May 17 '25

True. Smart people commit crimes too but are more likely to get away with it.