An urgent message from Z magazine

[Luke Weiger]

Doug wrote:
> And, sensitive point: the reason the two editors are in prison is
> never mentioned. But one blew away a drug dealer he was stealing
> money from and the other was a serial rapist who'd assaulted at least
> nine women. The American carceral state is really ugly,

Does it have more attractive peers elsewhere?  Obviously the overly punitive
drug and three strikes laws are travesties, but do prisoners enjoy
significantly less horrific lives in other countries?


> but it must
> be said that the imprisonment of these guys isn't an outrage like,
> say, a small-time coke dealer or a guy who steals a loaf of bread who
> ends up with a life sentence under a three strikes law.
>
> Doug