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Men in literal prison tend to have more time on their hands than people with jobs.
Friendly reminder that you, a free man with a job, are paying for men in prison to get jacked and read books.
We live in a society.
That's ok, they're having it hard enough, they deserve some relief
Fuck, if we don't have a better plan than imprisoning someone then I'm gonna be pissed if we don't offer them opportunities to improve their education and health while they're locked up. I would like functioning members of society for the society I live in please
Exactly, I want the worst society does to people to be reasonably bearable. I want it to try to improve the lives of all people in it
There is full coverage health care and, classes. In addition, the prison system is the #1 provider of mental health services in the United States. Statistically, the women in the system avail themselves of those services, mental and medical, 3x as often as the men.
That's really more of an indictment of US health care, isn't it
Considering its not great service being provided typically through the prison system... Its a massive indictment of the horror show that is US healthcare, yes.
Yes. In addition to speaking to the incarcerated. Quite the cycle.
US-defaultism
I can confirm that they did indeed reply to a comment from a non-American too
I'm neither a man nor do I have a job (disability). Even if that were the case, I don't see your point?
It’s not a point, it’s a (humorous) observation. No offense was intended with a public comment meant for everyone to read.
I don't see the humour but you do you.
I think it would be kind of you to edit your comment to avoid calling that person a man
I thought the "we live in a society" part meant it had a point? Also, I too read your initial comment as a reply to the user even if it wasn't intended to be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-to-stay_(imprisonment)
They pay for it themselves more often than not.
Edit: In the US, not everywhere.
Friendly reminder that places other than America exist
You mean the ocean??
What ? Impossible.
Thats fine I'd rather pay for them to be in there doing that than out in society attacking people or commiting crime.
Look on the bright side, as a free person with a job your tax dollars also help the local library provide books, services and many other things to your local community!
Actually in most of the US prisoners are explicitly required or just "encouraged" to work ("More than three quarters of incarcerated people surveyed (76%) report facing punishment—such as solitary confinement, denial of sentence reductions, or loss of family visitation—if they decline to work.") And of course if they get compensated at all it's typically literal pennies per hour. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds
But you're right that the lack of alternative leisure time activities definitely encourages getting jacked and reading.
You can't really compare incarcerated people with US state slaves.
Actually, I (and most likely the user you replied to, since we're both on a German server) don't live in the US and while prison labor does exist here, it's certainly not as strongly encouraged as it is apparently in the US.
Good info, though.
And fewer options for activities. Would prisoners be as likely to choose exercise and reading if they had the option to instead play video games all day?
Edit: I retract this comment, I think it might come across the wrong way, because tone doesn't translate to text very well.
Or kids
Or jobs and kids.
You can always help the world to become a better place and go kill billionaires until you end up in prison where you get jacked and read books. I don't see a single flaw with this plan.
They didn't say it didn't come with any other downsides, to be fair.
For legal reasons I reject this proposition most vehemently.
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