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Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

120 points · 202 comments · bonefishgrill

boredatoms · 1790270522 · focus · HN ↗
The US needs to get over this whole ‘punishment’ view of prison. It either a social-safety quarantine, or a rehabilitation
1. mrits · 1790270740 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. Glemmlko · 1790271477 · focus · HN ↗
    No it shouldn't.
    It should be the understanding of a society that no human being is just 'bad'. A human being became 'bad' by a definiton of a society due to circumstances like upbringing, environment etc. and a society which failed you.
    Prison is the removal of you from society due to impatibility of current values and should help you become 'better'.
    Be happy that you had good/avg parents, the mental strength to help yourself, money, luck, body strength, whatever it was which allowed you to comment on HN instead of being in a prison.
    throwawayqqq11 · 1790271897 · focus · 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.
    Glemmlko · 1790272356 · focus · HN ↗
    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

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