Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
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In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising number of lawsuits prisoners were filing ...
  • MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Prison Management: “But parolees don’t perform legal slave labor and can’t be tortured on a daily basis!”

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      The slave labor is only in Arizona, I believe. Could be wrong on that.

      Parole does defeat the primary purpose of prison; I think across the board everyone would be happier if we properly funded our prisons, like Norway does.

      • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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        10 months ago

        The US have the highest prison population in the world, so maybe, just maybe, they could try locking up fewer people? You know, like those in for marijuana possession, homelessness, poverty or mental illness?