Zohran Mamdani seems to indicate that the prison may be outdated

New York City’s leading mayoral candidate, Zohran MamdaniProfessing socialist, once again raises eyebrows, as it suggests that prisons are not important in recent videos that have resurfaced.

Mamdani, a New York The Democratic nominee for the state legislator and mayor commented in a 2020 interview while running for the state office.

Asked if he thought the prison was out of date, Mamdani replied: “Frankly – I mean – what is the purpose of their service? I think we have to ask ourselves.”

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this Democratic mayor The candidate added: “I think many people who defend the carceral country defended the idea of it and the idea that it made them feel. They did not defend its reality and its practice that was part of it.

“Because you actually break it down and ask people how many people are coming out of the prison system better than going into the prison system, so how much harm is actually prevented with the harm caused, and I don’t think people always have clear answers when you ask questions like this.”

Mamdani added that when discussing the prison system, “what they always want to pivot is, ‘What are you going to do to the murderer? What are you going to do to the rapist?’”

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New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani participated in the 2025 New York Pride in New York City on June 29, 2025. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

He added: “Sometimes you have to ask them, ‘What are you doing now?’ “We need a system of justice that will fix the harm that has been done and solve it in a serious way because now we don’t have it, which makes everyone more unsafe. ”

Mandani also claimed that “the power of executives was almost unlimited in New York State” and criticized the then-Democratic Government of New York. Andrew Cuomo Refuse to “let people out, let people go home.”

Mamdani promised to overhaul New York City and launch a massive new government program, which has been recognized by many progressive politicians. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDN.Y. and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).

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New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. (Getty Image)

As a Democratic nominee for the Blue Democratic Party in New York, Mandani may be the possible leader in the current mayor of New York City, Eric Adamshe is running for re-election as an independent. Mamdani also ran for Cuomo with Republican nominee independent activist Curtis Sliwa.

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Many view Mandani as a controversial candidate, in part because of his socialist policy recommendations and severe criticism of the State of Israel. He refused to disclose whether Israel has the right to survive as a Jewish state, initially refusing to condemn the statement.Globalization uprisingHowever, he has recently begun to stay away from this sentence.

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