Re:How Prisoners Make Moonshine
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @01:51PM
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I'm fairly sure it's possible to isolate dangerous people without putting these dangerous people somewhere they are likely to experience rape and/or torture (aka extended solitary confinement).
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The Stanford Prison Experiment calls that premise into question, though I understand that there are questions about the underlying science. Or did you have another means of isolation in mind?
That aside, my personal experience leads me to believe that prison is as horrible as it is because of the people locked inside. Evidence for this can be inferred from the differing degree to which low security prisons are less harsh than higher security prisons.