I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010) • Hacker News Board

Re: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)

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Post by refurb » Sun, Jun 18, 2017, 10:59 PM UTC

loteck wrote: post #218

refurb wrote: post #45

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Private prisons are a minuscule percentage of all incarcerated Americans.

18% of federal inmates. 75% of immigration inmates. Miniscule?

Federal prisoners are about 10% of all inmates. So yes, I would call 1.8% of federal inmates in private prisons miniscule.

Re: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)

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Post by linkregister » Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 4:30 PM UTC

sethrin wrote: post #253

linkregister wrote: post #246

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At no point did you contradict any of my points. What is your goal?

Your comprehension and civility are both wanting, it seems.

Telling people that they have poor comprehension without specifying what they missed isn't civil behavior.

Re: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)

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Post by oriettaxx » Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

and there is even worst: here exceptional testimony of Madagascar's thirty years imprisonment in a recent very book (french only, unfortunately) I suggest

http://www.plon.fr/ouvrage/la-sentinelle-de-fer/978225924354...

Re: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)

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Post by pnathan » Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

aaron_m04 wrote: post #239

pnathan wrote: post #94

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Private prisons have serious issues, but public ones have issues as well; often they are underfunded, which allowed the private company world to get involved to offer a service for cheaper costs. I would suggest the solution is properly around the question of the willingness of the US taxpayer to adequately fund the government services.

US taxpayer here. I'm happy to fund prisoner rehabilitation, but I can't fund that without also funding an out of control military and a war on drugs. So, as a whole, I try to avoid taxes wherever I legally can.

Well, I can confidently say that your activities are executing a tragedy of the commons. Sorry.

Re: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)

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Post by sethrin » Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

linkregister wrote: post #262

sethrin wrote: post #253

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Your comprehension and civility are both wanting, it seems.

Telling people that they have poor comprehension without specifying what they missed isn't civil behavior.

And do you know, I had started that reply with a fuller explanation, but reconsidered it as a waste of words. I had thought I had been fairly clear: the Continentals did not do most of the fighting, unless you choose to exclude whole categories of other fighting that went on before, during, and after the war.