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shawn703

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2. Aren't the Supermax prisons

Reply to Whisp (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 04:51 PM

Apr 2012

Where they put the inmates that have a history of violence toward other inmates or the guards? On one hand you want to treat everyone humanely, but on the other you have to keep the rest of the population safe too.

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Mothers Protest Inhumane Treatment of Sons in Supermax Prison [View all] Whisp Apr 2012 OP

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1

Aren't the Supermax prisons shawn703 Apr 2012 #2

Supposed to be the worst of the worst inmates One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #6

The more I see of our country the less I recognize it. Doremus Apr 2012 #3

Yeah, but out of that 2.3 Million people in prison, only 80% or so are in for pot smoking Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #4

Wow. Neoma Apr 2012 #5

It's an estimate. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #7

Would it save the government money... Neoma Apr 2012 #8

My position is, legalize and tax marijuana (and maybe psychedelics) adopt a harm reduction strategy Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #9

Except that even violent people are sometimes just really sick. Neoma Apr 2012 #10

I distinguish between harming/endangering others and ones self, however. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #11