notes on prisons...

V. The real world

 

 

 

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Conclusion

It is my opinion that the criminal justice system has about it more of the criminal than of the just. Prisons are the scene of constant egregious violations of fundamental human rights and so are as unacceptable as capital punishment itself.

They are costly dumping grounds where we cage and torment human beings, most of whom are there simply because they do not conform to our notions of morality and right-acting.

And we do this for convenience' sake or out of sheer spite.

By allowing the prison system to go on as it is, we are showing that - despite all our fine words about Human Rights and our supposed desire to rehabilitate the criminal - we don't really believe a word of it.

 

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