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Re: How does your country stand up on Articles 1-5 of the Universal Dec. of Human Rig
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics there are approximately 70,000 reported prison rapes annually. And that's just the ones that are reported. Many people just want to serve their time and be left alone, not everyone is trying to "make their own hell." And the ones who do should be isolated from other prisoners.
But far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
Far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
Far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
I'm not saying that we should look to these regimes as a model of human rights...but it's hard to claim any sort of moral high ground over them when our own criminal justice system is among the most barbaric in the world. I find it incredibly naive when people gasp in horror at the thought of Saudi police cutting off someone's hand for, say, stealing a car...yet you can receive a far worse penalty than that in the American justice system, such as being raped daily and locked in a cage for the rest of your life. The main difference is that we incarcerate a lot MORE people than those countries we look down on for their human rights records.
How much time have you spent in prison? I've spent more than a little time in them in my law enforcement past. They aren't as nice as some people think, but they are hardly hellholes. Most inmates are in mid to low security prisons which from what I've seen are pretty orderly and not really that violent. Granted that some hi-sec prisons where they incarcerate the worst-of-the-worst are a different story, but there's only so much you can do with scum. They make their own hell.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics there are approximately 70,000 reported prison rapes annually. And that's just the ones that are reported. Many people just want to serve their time and be left alone, not everyone is trying to "make their own hell." And the ones who do should be isolated from other prisoners.
Our criminal justice system is WORSE than China's, where they execute dissidents and make the family pay for the bullet??
But far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
WORSE than Iran's, where they hang, stone or decapitate girls unfortunate enough to get raped??
Far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
WORSE than Saudi Arabia where violations of Sharia can get you stoned or chopped??
Far fewer than what deal with OUR unjust system.
That is one of the most outrageously unfactual claims I've ever heard. I'm tempted to ask what you've been smoking.
I'm not saying that we should look to these regimes as a model of human rights...but it's hard to claim any sort of moral high ground over them when our own criminal justice system is among the most barbaric in the world. I find it incredibly naive when people gasp in horror at the thought of Saudi police cutting off someone's hand for, say, stealing a car...yet you can receive a far worse penalty than that in the American justice system, such as being raped daily and locked in a cage for the rest of your life. The main difference is that we incarcerate a lot MORE people than those countries we look down on for their human rights records.
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