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On any given day, at least 80,000 people are held in solitary in the United States prisons and jails, either in supermax or other segregation units. Some will r
by akudha 6y ago
On any given day, at least 80,000 people are held in solitary in the United States prisons and jails, either in supermax or other segregation units. Some will remain for months, years, or even decades in conditions that have been shown to cause deep and lasting psychological and physiological harm.
What the fuckity fuck - how is this allowed to happen, in 2020, in a democracy, in a rich/western country? Especially one that loves to preach values of freedom/democracy/equality etc to other countries around the world? This is awful
- praptak 6y agoUSA is a third world country, with a layer of the first world on top. This layer seems to show cracks too.
- redwood 6y agoIf you've spent time in a developing country you'd realize this isn't quite right. But the US has built some massively harmful institutions and a way for folks to hide themselves from much guilt.
- perfmode 6y agoas the saying goes, “America is a third world country with a gucci belt” let us pray we wake up to the conditions we subject our fellow beings. we suffer from historical amnesia. our nation state is predicated on unspeakable catastrophies rendered unto indigenous peoples. there are myriad realities we have yet to face and reconcile.
- dang 6y agoPlease keep nationalistic flamewar off this site. Nothing good can come of it and this is the last thing we need here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mywacaday 6y agoI had a recent discussion with friends on how difficult prison must be. We had a lockdown in Ireland but you were allowed to go up to 5KM from your home for exercise once a day(not really enforced) and you could watch TV, cook, sleep, do hobbies at your leisure and people found it really tough. Hopefully people might be more sympathetic to the incarcerated and we can focus on rehabilitation and not punishment.
- jibal 6y ago"how is this allowed to happen" Passive voice is the self-answer.
- rbanffy 6y agoThe first step is always the most difficult. It's easy to me (living in a different country) to say what Americans should do to no longer allow such cruelty (and many others) to be carried in their name. My suggestion: find others who also find this unacceptable and make a plan. Run for office, get elected, find others that can educate more people. Each individual initiative has a very low chance of success, but if enough people try, some will succeed.
- bambax 6y agoIt's not like the US Constitution explicitly forbids "cruel and unusual punishment"...
- sukilot 6y ago"Democracy" is tyranny of the majority. "Rich" is not evenly distributed. "Western" is a weird racist/chauvinist term.
- novok 6y agoSeeing how there were and are many protests about police conduct in the USA, should be a hint about the police system there.