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I did not know this but true. I would point out that when you are talking about criminals there is still a layer of judgment from society given the crimes. When

• wood_spirit 2mo ago
  The US is an outliner on prison terms and sizes etc. Under the surface it is hard to tell if the public lead the prisons or if the big prison business shapes public opinion but from the outside it seems crazy. Different societies are at different places on the prison is for punishment to prison is for rehabilitation spectrum, and their reoffending rates reflect that.
• locknitpicker 2mo ago
  > I would point out that when you are talking about criminals there is still a layer of judgment from society given the crimes. That's exactly what the citation is about: how a society opts to treat its most vulnerable also shows what that society is truly about. Often times we see USians criticize Nordic countries because they lack cruelty in their prison system. How is that not a demonstration of the cruelty imbued in US culture?
  • cindyllm 2mo ago
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