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

120 points · 202 comments · bonefishgrill

  1. boredatoms · · 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 · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. Glemmlko · · 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.

        1. WalterBright · · focus · HN ↗
          > due to circumstances like upbringing, environment etc. and a society which failed you.

          It's always someone else's fault.

          1. Glemmlko · · focus · HN ↗
            Its a brain, a brain which gets teached how to act and behave.

            Some learn how to think critical, some don't. Some are intelligent, some are empathic, some don't understand the world very well.

            Don't simplify this by a snarky and ignorant comment.

            I'm not even against moving people out of our society, its fucked up enough that this is necessayr, but i'm against cruelty and i'm for helping.

            1. WalterBright · · focus · HN ↗
              > Don't simplify this by a snarky and ignorant comment.

              It is simple. People have free will. Bad people know what right and wrong is, and they chose wrong.

              1. Glemmlko · · focus · HN ↗
                No they don't. They have a range of free will. And free will alone doesn't help you if you are unable to understand what you actually want.

                Short term goals vs. long term goals requires long horizion thinking. Critical thinking is necessary to break through cultural heritage. I grew up a christian, took me until 14 to denounce this garbage.

                1. cindyllm · · focus · HN ↗

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