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danieltillett on Nov 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: If Prisoners Ran Prisons

I was not arguing for making the never-to-be-released prisons hellhole, just that they are the only prisons you can inflict punishment. Punishing those people that you are going to release is stupid beyond imagination.

paulddraper on Nov 15, 2016 [–]

> stupid beyond imagination

I was punished. Spanking when I was younger, grounding when I was older. Without these consequences, I would be a worse adult.

We may disagree about degree, but "stupid beyond imagination" is an overstatement.

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