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I’d say it is important to lock up those that hurt society But I agree that in most countries prisons are true hellholes In the US laws mandate certain level
by foogazi 7y ago
I’d say it is important to lock up those that hurt society
But I agree that in most countries prisons are true hellholes
In the US laws mandate certain level of care, and government prefer to pay someone else than handle the costs: unions, pensions for those prison staff
- bb88 7y ago> I’d say it is important to lock up those that hurt society. That's part of how we got here. Prison is just one option. Fines and orders to curtail freedom is another. E.g. Court ordered monetary restitution and loss of one driver's license are examples. Here's a short version of how we got here: 1. Make more crimes to felonies subject to incarceration. 2. Imprison more people. 3. Remove felon's right to vote to make change to the current system. 4. Build more prisons 5. Privatize the prisons because government needs so much more of them now. 6. The prison lobby now argues for more harsher sentences. 7. GOTO 1.