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suffragette

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29. And a picture from one aspect of the US version

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:58 PM

Sep 2012

I'll even throw in a link to the article about the growth rate in solitary confinement with examples of its uses and abuses.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/03/201137125936219469.html

If your point was that we should change our inhumane, privatized prison system, I would be only too glad to agree with you.

Yet, somehow, I doubt that's your point.

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A rare photo from the Swedish gulag [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2012 OP

I wonder how this is possible? I would love a follow up on this new "open" prison concept midnight Sep 2012 #1

I saw a tv show on this model years ago, so it's been around a while. Systematic Chaos Sep 2012 #3

Your campaign is working amazingly well.. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #2

what is your point? cali Sep 2012 #4

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #5

Are you an advocate for these kind of prisons in the U.S.? Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #6

IIRC these Scandinavian experiments work struggle4progress Sep 2012 #7

Yeah, it's done wonders for their rape stats LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #14

You have no credibility because of day after PufPuf23 Sep 2012 #8

At least I give links: Argentina's ambassador to the UK badly needs a history lesson struggle4progress Sep 2012 #10

Please answer my question in your own words and a short sentence. PufPuf23 Sep 2012 #11

The lynching mentality cannot be reasoned with no matter how many Cleita Sep 2012 #20

No, the crazy arguments of the blind supporters treestar Sep 2012 #38

My advice...get a cat...nt joeybee12 Sep 2012 #9

Go get your own cat if you like: I won't own one for you struggle4progress Sep 2012 #12

you should get one regardless.. just because they're cool. nt dionysus Sep 2012 #18

I prefer the birds and chipmunks native to my yard struggle4progress Sep 2012 #21

but you can't play with or snuggle with those. if my cat went outside his life expectancy with be dionysus Sep 2012 #22

You know that if Assange is extradited from Sweden, that Cleita Sep 2012 #13

While we're imagining stuff, what are you doing to keep the UK from sending Assange to Mars? struggle4progress Sep 2012 #16

Absolutely nothing. Cleita Sep 2012 #17

I guess I'm glad you draw the line somewhere struggle4progress Sep 2012 #26

I shouldn't even reply to your silliness. Cleita Sep 2012 #27

You can always go back to alerting MIRT Robb Sep 2012 #28

they could take a lesson or to from the USA! they are NOT turning a profit with a system like that. piratefish08 Sep 2012 #15

other for rapists and murderers and stuff, i'd get behind that. dionysus Sep 2012 #19

A rare photo from the American GULAG. Octafish Sep 2012 #23

Manning's trial begins in February, and prosecutors will be able to point out that the kid struggle4progress Sep 2012 #24

that actually is a pretty valid point dsc Sep 2012 #30

The US Government has done a great many things to make him feel that way. Octafish Sep 2012 #32

"... David Coombs, a lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning, ... said Manning was confined in such a way struggle4progress Sep 2012 #33

DU rec... SidDithers Sep 2012 #25

And a picture from one aspect of the US version suffragette Sep 2012 #29

Assange's already convicted in his mind, S4P's showing his true colors riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #31

Yep, that about sums it up suffragette Sep 2012 #36

BS. It's not either/or. treestar Sep 2012 #39

Of course, we all know that Assange is bound for a Swedish prison, right? backscatter712 Sep 2012 #34

"... There was at one stage a suggestion that Mr Assange could be extradited to the USA struggle4progress Sep 2012 #35

interesting. kick Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #37