• MrShankles
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    9 months ago

    That’s too logical. Even more logical would be putting money toward social reform programs, instead of blanketing everything under a prison system that does nothing to rehabilitate, and exists solely to punish

    Surprised they didn’t throw more charges for “endangering her newborn” by giving birth in a jail shower.

    Edit: I guess the prison system doesn’t exist “solely” to punish. It also exists to suppress any challenge to the status quo, extort money from vulnerable populations, and probably a whole list of other neat little “features”

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        8 months ago

        I wasn’t really disagreeing with you, just being a bit sarcastic saying your response is “too logical”. I’m in the US (which is where the article is from), and is why I mentioned needing better social reform… because our prison system is an atrocity. But I was honestly agreeing with you overall

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          8 months ago

          Oh sorry for misunderstanding, my bad.
          I agree, it’s a problem in the jail system, at least in this case or in general.