• Ginger666@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Are you saying that prisons actually reform people now?

    I thought they were just private institutions that made insane amounts of money charging people 5 dollars for a pack of ramen and limiting their ability to visit family and friends

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        7 months ago

        When has there been an attempt???

        People that work in prisons are basically free labor slaves, yes they get paid, but its nothing compared to the cost of living in there!

        The whole system is fucked and needs to be reformed.

        They need to take money out of prisons like they need to take money out of politics (good fucking luck)

        I never said prisoners don’t need to reformed, I said the system we have in place now is not meant to reform them.

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          7 months ago

          Prisoners get access to counselling, education, and a library right?

          I do agree with you that the system is messed up, and making it a for-profit activity just seems plain wrong to me. That said, it’s undeniable that there is some attempt at reform no matter how under-resourced.

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      7 months ago

      Most prisons are not private and I don’t know who “they” are supposed to be but your government isn’t making money off prisons.

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        7 months ago

        Hmmmm then why do they hold you past midnight so they can get paid for an extra day of you being there?

        Reading comprehension is hard. They was referring to the prisons. And just because the prison itself isn’t private, doesn’t mean that everything inside it is run by the government.

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          7 months ago

          Hmmmm then why do they hold you past midnight so they can get paid for an extra day of you being there?

          Wouldn’t know, never been to jail. Show me where I said anything about this.

          Reading comprehension is hard.

          But being an asshole is easy. And me blocking you for it is equally as easy.