Prison

[foxholeatheist]

Here's some excerpts from a HRW reports, detailing how rape is used as a disciplinary tool:


<Crazy ****>


Getting angry? You should, this happens to at least 200 inmates every single day.

As Del Boy would say, Gordon Bennett!!!

Wow...

I spent a little time being locked up (long story, but it was for a 50$ parking ticket). 4 days to be exact. It certainly was not prison but it certainly was no picnic.

I wonder... What would happen if they suddenly made all drugs legal. Would they then let out all the folks that were arrested for drug crimes? What about drug-related violence or technicalities like having a gun in your grow room and getting time for that?

When prohibition (alcohol) was repealed did they let out all the drunks and gangsters?

 

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As Del Boy would say, Gordon Bennett!!!

Wow...

I spent a little time being locked up (long story, but it was for a 50$ parking ticket). 4 days to be exact. It certainly was not prison but it certainly was no picnic.

I wonder... What would happen if they suddenly made all drugs legal. Would they then let out all the folks that were arrested for drug crimes? What about drug-related violence or technicalities like having a gun in your grow room and getting time for that?

When prohibition (alcohol) was repealed did they let out all the drunks and gangsters?

Legally speaking, those convicted under old statutes and subjected to now repealed/reduced sentences are out of luck absent some special provision or a fair minded governor not terrified of granting clemency.

For example, when New York recently moderated their previously absurdly draconian drug sentencing laws, they allowed for review of all drug cases and reduced sentences on a case by case basis. I could see something like that happening were there to be mass repealing of drug laws.