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If we cannot punish prisoners for their crimes by being required to do even a modicum of labor (it's certainly not brutal anymore), why even put them in jail in
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
If we cannot punish prisoners for their crimes by being required to do even a modicum of labor (it's certainly not brutal anymore), why even put them in jail in the first place? We're restricting their right to free movement, which is de-facto slavery. If we want to abolish slavery fully, prisons themselves cannot exist.
- ceejayoz 3y ago> why even put them in jail in the first place? To keep them separate from the society they're having trouble safely engaging with. > We're restricting their right to free movement, which is de-facto slavery. No; imprisonment and slavery are not the same thing. You can't just redefine words to make your strawman argument work.