She was also responsible for traumatising many employees and a whistle-blower.

There are arguments that sections of society should not be sent to prison.

Like, ever.

Enjoy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/06/...

There's an idiotic paywall, but seriously, does WaPo believe what they wrote there?

Seriously as bad as that other paper saying we should probably let ourselves get robbed a bit more.

I see no paywall.

Try the original article:

https://theconversation.com/the-case-for-closing-down-womens...

The headline is clickbait.

The article is mild proposals to rehabilitate, e.g. drug users.

What are you talking about? The article proposes, at length, that women’s prisons should be eliminated. I.e., exactly what the headline suggests.

It proposes alternative measures for non-violent offences.

I see the title as a rhetorical device.

> If we can’t close down women’s prisons, we can at least slow down their expansion.

No, wapo doesn't, but its author may

I didn't encounter a paywall but you can read the article at https://archive.ph/5E3Ah if you're so inclined.

Isn’t it always brought up a rich white criminal is sentenced?

Actually I guess they don’t even have to be white, just rich is probably enough.

As far as I know, it's rich women of all colors. Rich white guys don't get the "trauma" defense (although they get extra "good character" points).

Rich white guys get the "affluenza" defense.