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Re:Myths of the private prison industry by jacquesm on Monday October 19, 2015 @09:51PM (#10416968)
> American correctional standards have been a sort of standard for policing and punishment abroad

I don't see much support for that statement, fortunately. There may be countries for which this is true but for the vast majority of countries in the developed world this is not the case.

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Re:Myths of the private prison industry by Broken_Hippo on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @12:22AM (#10417419)
Not only that, but some country's citizens would be appalled if their prison system started mimicking the American system.
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