[lbo-talk] Close the Prisons Re: Irish priests beat, raped children

[Sheldon]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:30 AM, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
>
>
> I think the pro-prison crowd will have something to stand on if the subject
> of this thread read "child rape reduces to zero as imprisoned population
> grows". Except it doesn't. And so the righteous hand-waving and tough guy
> rhetoric flows aided by the echo chamber. ;-)
>
>        --ravi

Nobody's "pro-prison", or at least I am not.  I am actually quite
supporttive of radical prison and judicial system reform.  I just
think it far too simple to say lets abolish all prisons.

Sheldon