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throwawayqqq11 • today at 5:44 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Well, letting the humanist rehabilitation part aside, there is that social aspect of a sanctioning instance to prisons. Expectations of sanctions do drive human behavior.


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Glemmlko • today at 5:52 PM

I'm not against the idea of the society taking control over the life of one of its own (lets be fair, our planet is small, we are too interconnected) we can't just put people somewere else.

But cruelty shouldn't be part of this. Help and rehabiliation