• newnton@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    In a modern country he should get the help and support he needs, hopefully enough to live a normal life, and if not then he should be kept in a mental health facility where he can be comfortable but not a threat to himself or others

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      1 year ago

      True, rehabilitation is the modern way. Cruel capital punishment is so medieval

      Imagine if it was done for profit, that’d be the worst thing imaginable!!

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        Just a reminder that for profit prisons only house 8% of US inmates.

        The problem is the prison contracts for public prisons.

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          Just a reminder that 8% of US inmates is 8% of a quarter of all the inmates on the planet

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            No doubt that the US has major issues with prison populations, but there seems to be this idea that most US prisons are privately owned, which isn’t true.