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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by bdcravens on Saturday August 06, 2016 @04:24PM (#12239736)
Being in prison is a punishment. what goes on in prison should be designed at keeping the incarcerated in and meet their civil rights; the idea that active punishment is justified speaks to a different mentality.

This mentality is the outgrowth of "us-vs-them", but most people are closer to being "them" than they really know. If you've gotten behind the wheel of a car over the limit 3 or more times, in most states, you deserve to be prisoner.

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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by adventurer on Saturday August 06, 2016 @05:44PM (#12240062)
I don't think most people are as close to being "them" as you think. We're not teetering on a society about to collapse into sending a meaningful amount of people into prison.
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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by int_19h on Saturday August 06, 2016 @06:56PM (#12240261)
Are you aware of the fact that we (US) are _already_ a society that sends more people into prison, both per capita and in absolute numbers, than any other country on earth?
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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by adventurer on Saturday August 13, 2016 @10:46PM (#12284085)
Looking at the statistics, it backs up my comment, that most people are not as close to being them as you said.
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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by jessaustin on Saturday August 06, 2016 @08:14PM (#12240476)
...ever, in history.
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