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Colin Gray, whose son is charged with the slayings of 4 people at Apalachee High School, asked a judge to be separated from other inmates behind bars.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True... Once we start talking about more ethical treatment of prisoners, it gets embarrassing fast when we have to confront the fact that not only is most or all US incarceration not intended for any personal or societal benefit or protection, but it is actively seeking to enslave the population for shareholder value.

An entirely new philosophy of how criminal offenders should be dealt with is needed, but I'm not even sure those cards are in this deck.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You left out America's seething thirst for revenge instead of justice and good Ole American racism. Prison is just a house to keep the undesirables. If you're there you deserve everything that happens to you. There are no innocent or even people in prison. Those are things that are kept away to keep society (white ppl) safe.

[–] nullboi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For instance, the great state of Kentucky passed the 'Safer Kentucky Act' which allows police to arrest homeless individuals. So the process is: Homeless > Jail > Homeless > jail > Homeless > jail. Until the fourth time where it becomes a felony.

[–] sirspate@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Geez that's bleak

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And the only prisons where rich white people regularly end up are Minimum security federal prisons, where the large scale financial fraud people go. Is a completely different environment which is more like a college campus or country club.

No cells, rooms, and there’s no fences or anything. It doesn’t look nor feel like a prison.