• FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    For prisons, my fellow Americans immorally view prisoners as less than human and not deserving of the basic elements of life – poll a large swath of everyday Americans and I’m convinced 6+/10 will agree that prisons should serve intentionally unpleasant and non nutritious food as part of the punishment process. It’s sad.

    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I think that’s a global trend of humanity falling for populists, and morally back into the stone age (although I might be doing prehistoric humans injustice here). I really believe in the saying (paraphrasing because I don’t recall the exact wording) that if you want to assess the degree of civilization in a society, you should look how it treats its prison inmates.