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Hugin

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2. Most States employ thousands of guards and few if any psychologists on their corrections staff.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:11 AM

Oct 2018

It's probably worse in privatized prisons.

Keeping the prisoners with mental health related issues doped up in solitary is cheaper than dealing with the problem. Got to look out for that bottom line, y'know.

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