The Deadly Consequences of Solitary with a Cellmate

Re:The Deadly Consequences of Solitary with a Cellmate by jessaustin on Saturday March 26, 2016 @02:57PM (#11366898)

I don't disagree with you, but my comment addressed 'ljf's question about violence, directly above it. This myth that USA should exactly resemble a tiny homogeneous European nation has been encouraged by the prison-LEO-judicial-industrial complex in order to argue for ever more draconian punishments: "We're not like Holland yet, so let's lock up 100,000 more minorities!"

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Re:The Deadly Consequences of Solitary with a Cellmate by atemerev on Saturday March 26, 2016 @04:03PM (#11367205)

Netherlands are not that homogeneous. In Amsterdam, there are 25-30% of residents who are not Dutch. In Geneva, where I live — more than 50% non-Swiss residents.

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Re:The Deadly Consequences of Solitary with a Cellmate by atemerev on Saturday March 26, 2016 @04:04PM (#11367212)

(And, to be more like Netherlands, the US probably need to lock up less people, not more).

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