This is not a question of about parroted nonsense and cultural norms. I mean what end product do they produce that justifies their existence in the first place.

I’m physically disabled and have been living in a prison like situation for nearly 11 years. How does my situation balance into the ethics of prisons? I’m on a path to homelessness and a premature death due to institutionalized neglect and abuse from US institutions. Criminals are housed and fed in exchange for similar isolation, abuse, danger, insurmountable debt, and a largely unemployable and destitute future. These seem to conflict in ethics.

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    With a few exceptions of life sentences, this is not how it works. We have prisons to separate the bad apples for a while, and we use that time to rehabilitate the apples. Its not a perfect solution bit it works better than without prison

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      Pretending that people get rehabilitated in prison, LOLOL

      That’s some LARP level imagination you got there.

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        Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world, around 20% within five years of release.

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          This clearly says US Institutions.

          I’m on a path to homelessness and a premature death due to institutionalized neglect and abuse from US institutions.

          This person wouldn’t be posting here if they were from Norway.