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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Prison Systems and Justice: In need of reform?
 
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wiregrind
Jun 26, 2013

Phyzzle posted:

I read a memorable quote saying that when an emphasis on rehabilitation goes too far, it can become "making GBS threads on the victims."
Turning the criminals into victims by throwing them into an amoral dungeon followed by a perpetual cycle of dread, long-term turning the criminal into a "martyr": Isn't that making GBS threads on the original victims of the crime, too?

Helsing posted:

Instead of focusing so much on these abstract questions about the systems objectives or the public's attitude toward prisoners you might want to focus more on thinking about plausible ways to deal with the interest groups who are doing the most to maintain and perpetuate the system.
I agree, even though I just posted an abstract question.

wiregrind fucked around with this message at 21:38 on May 3, 2016

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