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Re:The Economics of the American Prison System by pstuart on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @01:46PM (#5906996)
I'll come out right here and say that I advocate for prisoner's rights. On humanitarian grounds.

But if one wanted to do so for the practical matter of wasting less money on prisons and having more productive members of society and less crime, then it would behoove one to do so as well.

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Re:The Economics of the American Prison System by jonnathanson on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @01:54PM (#5907064)
Exactly. The human rights argument is the morally correct one, but the economic-benefit argument is what's going to convince more people in the long run.
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