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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by chrisseaton on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:13AM (#19461032)
Might as well ask why there isn’t peace on earth given that’s clearly seen as the way things should be. Not always easy to achieve.
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by shandor on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:20AM (#19461078)
But he gave concrete examples other countries have done to achieve the very things he mentioned. Why would you dismiss those obviously working solutions by hand-waving about world peace?
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by chrisseaton on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:28AM (#19461118)
Different countries, different politics and constraints, different challenges.
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by ghostbrainalpha on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:56AM (#19463773)
Operating a prison seems pretty similar. Costs are food, housing and security.

It's not like our prison costs more because our cultural values require us to treat the prisoners substantially better than countries Canada.

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