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lumberjack_jeff

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6. The rest of the article doesn't get any better.

Reply to MadrasT (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 08:20 PM

Nov 2013

equality: it's what I'm on about.

If changing the conditions of incarceration affect rates of recidivism, I'm generally in favor. The presumption that incarcerated men don't have victimization in their background and would therefore not benefit from comparable supports is silly.

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"A new approach to women behind bars" [View all] lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 OP

Wow. What an astoundingly broad statement about human behavior. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #1

An outlier. He's only the person in charge of corrections for the entire state after all. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #2

That is pretty appalling. MadrasT Nov 2013 #3

The rest of the article doesn't get any better. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #6

Right, I hear you. MadrasT Nov 2013 #7

Another day, another example.. Upton Nov 2013 #4

Men get beaten to death for small infractions by militarized correction officers Major Nikon Nov 2013 #8

Not to worry.. Upton Nov 2013 #9

Good point Major Nikon Nov 2013 #10

My guess is that this story will be spun to say.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #5