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Terrible. And I'm willing to bet anything that there is no evidence that prisons actually achieve their stated purpose.
by skc 9y ago
Terrible.
And I'm willing to bet anything that there is no evidence that prisons actually achieve their stated purpose.
- coldtea 9y agoThey excel at their non stated purpose: keeping many people employed, making fortunes for some (e.g. prison work), launching political careers for being "tough of crime", keeping blacks down, and satiating society's puritanical need for revenge and Old Testament style punishment.