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No. You don't get thrown into prison for being a threat. You get there for a specific action.

Unfortunatley, with the machine learning hype, a lot of companies are pushing "AI-assisted software" that does put people in prison for "being a threat" or for a longer time they should normally get, simply because of factors like being black, or poor, or from a bad neighborhood, etc.

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessm...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/13/ai-progra...

On the other hand, you can only be considered a threat as a consequence of specific actions you took in the past. When you get out of prison that means that, according to the law, you're no longer a threat, and there shouldn't be any reason or justification for limiting your freedom or shaming you publicly by putting your name on a list.

> according to the law, you're no longer a threat

What part of the law specifically rules released prisoners as not a threat?

Actually, being put under probation after release means you are still considered a threat.

While I can't speak of US law, being on probation in Sweden is just an other name for a shortened sentence. The general idea is that you spend a portion of the prison time outside, but under strict conditions.

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