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Incarcerated Pennsylvanians now have to pay $150 to read

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  1. [5]
    Catt
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    Why don't we just simply sell them into indenture service while we're at it? This has to go under cruel and unusual punishment to deny anyone the right to read.

    Why don't we just simply sell them into indenture service while we're at it? This has to go under cruel and unusual punishment to deny anyone the right to read.

    5 votes
    1. [2]
      Akir
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      We basically already do. You see how little prison workers are paid. Moves like this are brash admissions that prisons are not in the business of rehabilitation on any conceivable level.

      We basically already do. You see how little prison workers are paid. Moves like this are brash admissions that prisons are not in the business of rehabilitation on any conceivable level.

      10 votes
      1. pleure
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        They're slaves, let's not mince words. The thirteenth amendment states:

        They're slaves, let's not mince words. The thirteenth amendment states:

        Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

        7 votes
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      alyaza
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      i think the only thing americans hate more than the unknown are prisoners, so i'm sure this policy is something people will try really hard to keep on the books because god forbid we actually...

      i think the only thing americans hate more than the unknown are prisoners, so i'm sure this policy is something people will try really hard to keep on the books because god forbid we actually treat prisoners who on the whole are mostly guilty of not-super-serious crimes with basic human decency instead of grinding them into dust

      8 votes
      1. EscReality
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        What an interesting statement. Most Americans are very against our prison system.

        the only thing americans hate more than unknown are prisoners,

        What an interesting statement. Most Americans are very against our prison system.

        2 votes