Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement
by jacquesm on Friday June 19, 2015 @02:43AM
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It all hinges on whether or not you look at the justice system as an agent for revenge or one of correction and rehabilitation.
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Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement
by rtpg on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:00AM
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Very true. It's one of those topics where people don't even start with the same axioms and definitions, so the discussion goes nowhere.
Personally, I was on the other side of the fence, until the constant evidence of the extreme suffering a large segment of the population goes through in prison convinced me that we're accomplishing immense amounts of harm this way.