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Jails are to isolate violators of law or legal process from the general public regardless of any opinions there upon. Putting a person in jail for contempt of c
by austincheney 7y ago
Jails are to isolate violators of law or legal process from the general public regardless of any opinions there upon. Putting a person in jail for contempt of court is legally just even if the underlying court case is absurd because it is the judicial process that is at threat.
- austincheney 7y agoAre people downvoting because they are hypersensitive about Manning or because something I wrote is not logically valid?
- silversconfused 7y agoIt's grossly lacking context.
- austincheney 7y agoIt’s a reply to comment that clearly stated an illusory nature of jails.
- abc-xyz 7y agoIf it was that black and white then you better jail 99+% of the population who happens to jaywalk, drive a little too fast, drive past a yellow light, ride a bicycle without a helmet, etc. Also, why would you want to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation? The vast majority of those imprisoned are of no danger to society, and the way the US (and most other countries) focus on punishing someone for making a mistake greatly increase the chance that they'll continue to break the laws in the future and become a burden to society.
- austincheney 7y ago> Also, why would you want to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation? I never stated any such opinion either for or against.