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minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoAmerican prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted. If they were for rehabilitation or treatment, then we would see to that, societally. But we don’t. This is a small piece of why our justice system is so absolutely fucked.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months ago American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted. naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
minus-squarePoggervania@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoNever forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.
American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted.
If they were for rehabilitation or treatment, then we would see to that, societally. But we don’t.
This is a small piece of why our justice system is so absolutely fucked.
naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
Never forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.