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> So the question is: Do we want to give up on the punishment part? Do we want to introduce even more draconian measures? If you read the book then you'd know

> So the question is: Do we want to give up on the punishment part? Do we want to introduce even more draconian measures? If you read the book then you'd know that's what it's about. The title is written under the premise that prisons without punishment (and all their other negative qualities) are not prisons. It's a critique of prisons in the real world, not some abstract idea of prisons. The book's actually online [1] if $6.68 is too much. 1. https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Are_Prisons_Obsolete_Angela_Davis.pdf https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/...

zozbot234 5y ago
Prisons actually bundle punishment (which seems especially effective and worthwhile for shorter sentences) and isolation/protection (keeping criminals locked up even for longer timespans and thus literally preventing them from reoffending, which actually seems to be the key factor wrt. such longer sentences). So "prisons without punishment" could still be worthwhile and protect us from the most serious crimes. In many ways, being a prison inmate is punishment enough and the focus beyond that should very much be on rehabilitation that can benefit both the inmate and society as a whole.