TL;DR: Max of 5 years, most are 3 months to a year and/or a fine (depending on severity). Organizers get 5 to 8 years.

I don't know how many people they plan on actually convicting, but I think they're absolutely going to go after the ones that started it. Seems pretty fair and I've read that Cuba's prison system isn't caging so much as being forced to go to socialist camp and do farm labor for minimum wage. I don't know how fully they remove people from their communities, but I think the ones that accept the plan progressivo stuff get weekend release, conjugal visits, and basically just have to wear a shirt that says "I'm a reactionary".

Link to a report on the Plan Progressivo

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Cops are extensions of the state they serve. Capitalist cops protect capital (property). Proletarian cops protect people. Your worldview should be more nuanced than a single catchphrase.

    • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's what they got to do. Hopefully they try and figure out what made these reactionaries do this and prevent it from happening again.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Even as an anarchist this is like the most clear cut example of when you should critically support a socialist state against US imperialism.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              I don't see anyone celebrating this. It's a shitty situation that shouldn't be happening and as @invalidusernamelol said there's a difference between regular protesters and the ones agitating and escalating the situation. Either you support Cuba and the people resisting this color revolution (and yes that includes their cops, this isn't the same as American cops brutalizing people for protesting police brutality) or you support imperialism, you really do have to pick a side here. Again this is the very definition of critical support.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Read up on the plan progressivo Cuba has had prison reform after the revolution. They focus primarily on education and rehabilitation while doing their best to prevent people who are harmful to others from being able to do harm while also treating them humanely and allowing them to continue to live a dignified life during and after incarceration.

          The system is primarily focused on education and labor with the labor portion being fully remunerated and room and board never exceeding 30% of wages. The whole idea is to bring these people (usually arsonists and other violent kulak like reactionaries) into the community and provide them with all the resources and education they need.

          That study shows that there's a pretty large margin of prisoners that greatly preferred Cuban incarceration to American incarceration and sentencing is usually much more lenient there.

          Unless we should just let arsonists and rapists wander around doing their thing with no repercussions.