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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by airza on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:37AM (#33162093)
Saying "end" here acts like the current system ends the misery of the homeless people who are subjected to it. But the position they end up inside of a US prison is equally miserable. The only difference is that it is invisible to those in the outside world.
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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by jollyllama on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:05AM (#33162884)
That's not the only difference, of course, given that the prisons get more money. Really, this is a call to privatize the misery. Still, it could be a net gain if it costs less than subsidizing emergency services and reclaims the streets.
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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by giraffe_lady on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:25AM (#33163739)
Net gain for who?
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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by jollyllama on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:52PM (#33166491)
If you assume the misery of the users is constant between the drug zones and the prisons, everyone.
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