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justin_quinnn t1_iyafah5 wrote

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

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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