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5. It would be great if we applied more thought to prisons...

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 07:04 PM

Sep 2022

...and what it is we are trying to accomplish.

We've gone full bore retribution and don't really attempt rehabilitation.

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Are these guys going to prison going to come out even more militarized? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 OP

With any luck, they'll come out of prison thinking: Aristus Sep 2022 #1

some will Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #4

Yes. Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #2

It would be great if we applied more thought to prisons... Effete Snob Sep 2022 #5

The Scandinavian prison systems Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #6

Yup Effete Snob Sep 2022 #10

I think many, if not most Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #7

Probably. Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #8

Your 'Seems to me...' statement is an outstanding idea... Volaris Sep 2022 #9

I think about former Scientologists trying to reason with the cult mentality. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 #12

Yes. They will come out more militarized. Tomconroy Sep 2022 #11