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We need low cost low security jails for people who commit property crimes. Basically just wall off a few square miles and throw them in there left to their own
by paggle 7y ago
We need low cost low security jails for people who commit property crimes. Basically just wall off a few square miles and throw them in there left to their own devices.
- allana 7y agoArizona's attempt at this worked poorly: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/21/arizona-phoenix-concentration-camp-tent-city-jail-joe-arpaio-immigration https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/21/arizona-phoen...
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoMany prisons in central and South America are run like this: the prisoners are thrown into a contained environment without guards otherwise, the prisoners themselves (usually visit a gangs) organize the prison economy and otherwise keep the peace (bar for some occasional riots).
- paggle 7y agoThat’s not good because it gives the leaders a quality of life that they shouldn’t be able to enjoy.
- Afton 7y agoWow. That's your criticism? That they leaders aren't suffering enough? You and I have very different ideas about what incarceration is for.
- malandrew 7y agoThis is basically the origin of Australia.
- asdfgasd 7y agoMaybe you can try using your giant 'logical' brain to postulate why that isn't a good idea? You're suggesting making a fucking ghetto for homeless people? Are you serious? This thread has confirmed my suspicion that HN cares way more about money and their material interests than any sense of morality or ethics.