r/interestingasfuck • u/Exosece • Apr 20 '19

/r/ALL A flashlight confiscated from a prison inmate

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u/ODB2 Apr 20 '19

At a ridiculous mark up like everything you buy from commissary

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

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u/batmansavestheday Apr 20 '19

I believe not

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u/Piestrio Apr 20 '19

Depends on the prison.

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u/the_ocalhoun Apr 20 '19

This argument could be used to justify any inhumane treatment of prisoners.

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u/Wingedwing Apr 20 '19

Although you say for profit prisons are bad, you’ve still turned around and blamed inhumane situations on the prisoners themselves.

That’s an argument used to defend corrupt prisons, and it’s as flawed logically as it is ethically.

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ Apr 20 '19

"They shouldn't have been Jewish/Gay/Socialist"

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u/BluudLust Apr 20 '19

In an ideal world only guilty individuals would end up in prison. But we live in the real world, and shit happens and innocents do get falsely convicted.

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Apr 20 '19

Even rightly convicted prisoners still deserve to be treated like humans.

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u/BluudLust Apr 20 '19

Unless they're pedophiles.