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It’s not imprisonment when you hole up so the police won’t get you. Once they get you, that’s imprisonment.
by mikeash 8y ago
It’s not imprisonment when you hole up so the police won’t get you. Once they get you, that’s imprisonment.
- thatoneuser 8y agoBeing confined to a single building for 7 years is imprisonment. You don't need police or judicial systems to be imprisoned.
- mikeash 8y agoHe could have left at any time. A defining characteristic of prison is that they lock the door.
- nightcracker 8y agoSo if you are in prison but they forget to lock the door for some time that time doesn't count because you could have physically left?