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69Jew420 t1_iya39ek wrote

Reply to comment by edingerc in Man who slashed stranger’s throat on CTrain avoids federal prison term by I-Am-Not-A-Hunter

> The primary purpose of prison is to help to keep the public safe.

According to whom?

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Shurgosa t1_iya6hel wrote

According to common sense. if people cannot peacefully among other people common sense says you keep them away from the people who can peacefully co-exist. This is not a difficult concept to understand.

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justin_quinnn t1_iyafah5 wrote

That doesn't necessarily make it the primary reason, though, and there's been a contested debate on what justice should be focused on for as long as we've had institutions to debate. In the US nowadays, for example, one can make a solid case that the primary purpose of sending people to prison is to make money.

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Shurgosa t1_iyambzy wrote

I never meant to suggest that the safety of the public WAS a priority in prison systems because in countless places, if not every single place, it most certainly is not the priority. However. It SHOULD BE the priority.

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