How Germany Does Prison
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How Germany Does Prison
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#2After reading the article, I'm wondering: so, how Germany does prison?
> Over the next several days, I’ll be keeping a tour diary for The Marshall Project and VICE, watching as they visit a series of facilities in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
This is an article about what the article will say once they write it. Premature journalism at its best.
Re: How Germany Does Prison
#3After reading the article, I'm wondering: so, how Germany does prison? > Over the next several days, I’ll be keeping a tour diary for The Marshall Project and VICE, watching as they visit a series of facilities in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania This is an article about what the article will say once they write it. Premature journalism at its best.
On the other hand stating your research method, intentions and any prior expectations before conduction your research is just good science and journalism shouldn't be an excuse to avoid rigor.
Re: How Germany Does Prison
#4After reading the article, I'm wondering: so, how Germany does prison? > Over the next several days, I’ll be keeping a tour diary for The Marshall Project and VICE, watching as they visit a series of facilities in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania This is an article about what the article will say once they write it. Premature journalism at its best.
There are five installments in this Series.
Re: How Germany Does Prison
#5After reading the article, I'm wondering: so, how Germany does prison? > Over the next several days, I’ll be keeping a tour diary for The Marshall Project and VICE, watching as they visit a series of facilities in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania This is an article about what the article will say once they write it. Premature journalism at its best.
There are five installments in this Series.
And this: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/09/25/prison-without... seems to be the longer article scheduled for October.
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#7Anecdotes from a Scandinavian country:
- When I was a kid someone "borrowed" a bulldozer and made a huge hole in the wall at a prison. A few guys escaped. But most of the rest didn't. They were having some sort of family day and didn't think it made sense to bolt.
- I was taught how to swim by a convict on release. He had a police officer with him each time, but she kept in the background. He was doing time for a violent offence, but one that reasonably did not pose a danger to the general public.
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#8We Germans have our own issues though, it's not perfect. What is the prison system in the US, is the psychiatric system here. Once you get in its wheels, it takes really dedicated lawyers and sometimes even mass-media attention to get out. Just look at Gustl Mollath.
And our "justice" system suffers from massive, massive understaffing, just like the police. It's easy to "cut costs" there for politicians because there is no immediate negative effect, and by the time said effects hit, the politician responsible is not in office any more.
Re: How Germany Does Prison
#9We Germans have our own issues though, it's not perfect. What is the prison system in the US, is the psychiatric system here. Once you get in its wheels, it takes really dedicated lawyers and sometimes even mass-media attention to get out. Just look at Gustl Mollath. And our "justice" system suffers from massive, massive understaffing, just like the police. It's easy to "cut costs" there for politicians because there…
Yes, the Mollath case was disgusting.
Politicians meddling with the justice system, because of a (partly misguided) public outrage.
As a result, Mollath got off.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
And this: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/09/25/prison-without... seems to be the longer article scheduled for October.
Great! Maybe a mod will change the URL?
Actyally this seems to be a better URL for this: https://www.themarshallproject.org/tag/how-germany-does-pris...