Prison really is not that bad - especially federal prison. It’s boring but if you are poor, so is regular life. Don’t pay rent, don’t pay for health care, get 3 square meals that are about as shitty as shelter food. The gang violence stuff is pretty easy to avoid overall - again, especially in federal prison. State prisons are the ones you don’t want to be in.
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shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhy would he pardon her? Prison is sheer hell and she got a huge upgrade. Fuck around and they can take that back. They got all the leverage they need without the screams of outrage a pardon would bring.
ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
obinice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How much prison time have you served in state and federal prisons, if I may ask?
Forgive me for asking, it’s just to judge how much direct experience you have with what you’re claiming to be knowledgeable on.
There are sadly a lot of people in the Internet who would say such things without ever having actually experienced them firsthand, and it’s important we educate ourselves on the difference. Thanks!
ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not going to go into to detail as this is a public forum but I have years of experience, yes.
ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think calling it “hell” is a bit silly. It’s only hell if you are a loud mouth idiot who can’t stop getting into drama. Is being out with a good job better, yes. But TV and the news dramatize it drastically. You basically sit around and read / watch TV most of the time in medium security. I think most people would be surprised how much less terrible it is than it’s hyped to be. If I had to choose prison or being incredibly poor / homeless - I’d choose prison.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
offtopic: Maybe that’s why a transparent and safe prison system, a bit like what Norway has, would do well for USA. Don’t tell me anything about feeding criminals in luxury, because you are spending far more taxpayer money on far more idiotic things. Also rehabilitation is really a big thing.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Child abusers don’t deserve rehabilitation.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
It’s usually considered smart to avoid hard problems.
Thus to say that every criminal deserves rehabilitation. You won’t achieve anything good from taking it from them anyway.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 21 hours ago
Well we shouldn’t be letting them back out so rehabilitation is pointless and impossible anyway. If you can’t understand that fucking kids is bad without being institutionalized you’re a lost cause