If you told anyone that throwing people in cages around violence and assaults have a certain therapeutic and rehabilitating effects... They would think you're absolutely insane!
Unless of course you're a politician, then people actually expect that craziness, and it's totally acceptable ;)
Great post @trafalgar. These subjects are important and it's very hard to write about them in a light-hearted way.
I wrote a tiny comedy about that last year.. Which now makes me realize: Wow, a year has gone by so fast!
https://steemit.com/funny/@the-alien/a-short-comedy-about-the-prison-industrial-complex
haha read your post, good stuff!
yeah there's a cultural of over incarceration in the US, with corporate profit initiatives aligned to maximise people going in and providing them no support once they're out to keep the revolving door spinning
it's quite tragic really