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To: Vicomte13
Jail is a no-man's land because there are a lot of people, including here on FR, that enjoy the concept of a state run rape/assault camp because it's worse for (some of) the criminals.
32 posted on 08/28/2006 1:41:12 PM PDT by Durus ("Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." JFK)
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To: Durus

I know.
And that is not just morally wrong; it's bad policy.

If I know that being sent to jail is a rape/death/slavery/maiming sentence, then the normal things that any human being is entitled to do to escape rape/death/slavery and maiming (i.e: to KILL the person trying to rape, kill, enslave or maim him) becomes morally justifiable.

That's a fatal flaw with having a prison system based on torture perpetrated by other prisoners. If the guards don't stop it, those tortures are really being perpetrated by the state itself, as a result of its (intentional) policy choices.


33 posted on 08/28/2006 2:19:41 PM PDT by Vicomte13 (The Crown is amused.)
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