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This is what decades of two parties trying to outdo each other on being "tough on crime" looks like. These punishments do act as a deterrent to whistleblowing b
by somesortofthing 4y ago
This is what decades of two parties trying to outdo each other on being "tough on crime" looks like. These punishments do act as a deterrent to whistleblowing but that's not really why they were instituted in the first place. Prisoners are a really easy demographic to throw under the bus for political gain(not like they can vote) so you get these sorts of barbaric conditions for an ever increasing subsection of the prison population.
- pifm_guy 4y agoPrisoners in most countries can vote, to stop exactly things like this happening.
- wil421 4y agoPrisoners can vote, it’s people with felonies in and out of jail that have a hard time voting in a lot of states.
- joecool1029 4y agoNot in the US. Felon prisoners in DC, Vermont, and Maine can vote. That's it: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/felon-voting-rights.aspx https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/felon-...
- wil421 4y agoYou don’t have to be felon to be in jail/prison. There are a lot of people locked up that didn’t commit felonies.