How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind

Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by ransom1538 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:59PM (#33396178)

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by JW_00000 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:38PM (#33396642)

Does this mean you think any criminal (that committed a violent crime) should be locked up for life? Or how does the length of prison sentences come into this?

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by ransom1538 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:24PM (#33400558)

"Does this mean you think any criminal (that committed a violent crime) should be locked up for life?"

Lol what? No.

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by jjeaff on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:17PM (#33396424)

Around 40% of the prison population is there for violent crime. And for most, it's probably a very loose definition of "violent". Few would argue that you shouldn't put violent offenders in prison, but that's not the reason the majority of people are there.

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by rjbwork on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:10PM (#33396343)

That's right. And that's why we put people who do things like smoke the devils lettuce or sniff a little columbian snow in there. To keep these menaces away from the rest of us.

I mean, can you imagine? People just walking around doing what they please to their own bodies and not providing slave labor to the state or private prison corporations? The absolute horror!

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