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Holy shit. You don't have to visit your family in prison and if you do this is what we'll do to you. Chilling.
We have such a barbaric society. We deserve all the terrible shit that happens to us for not stoping things like this. If we actually strove to protect the people who need it, we'd have a more harmonious population. We're assholes.
Typical Americans: “if they’re in prison, they deserve it”
Violent, disgusting Americans.
I can't imagine why you were downvoted for this. You speak truth--prison in the US is not mean to rehabilitate, it's meant to cause suffering. Families of inmates are collateral and take part in the suffering because, I guess, screw them for being related to a criminal.
Just look around here. Most of the people here are part of the hate club. Constantly you see posts wishing the worst and horrible deaths on the people they disagree with or who commit crimes/do horrible shit/are rich, and they are being celebrated. ACAB, Trump should off himself, eat the rich, celebrating people drowning on their yachts... But hey, it's not hate speech if you are on a moral high ground right? Most people here probably agree, that prisons are for suffering, just that so often the wrong people are suffering.
America needs a functioning justice system and people abusing their power is horrible. But you need to fight it by enforcing a system and punishments according to a set of laws. There is no emotion or revenge in justice.
Had an army buddy get locked up. He knew he was guilty, fell in with the wrong people after separating. (1%er bikers)
He finished 14 years and got out, then contacted me. I asked him why he never called or wrote, said how most of the time letters get shredded for “drugs” because they test them and in the process it destroys them - in or out. Letters to and from lawyers are never messed with.
Also told me that often times it is cheaper to call the 1-900 sex lines than it is to call in prison.