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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips
It doesn't sound 'harsh' to me. Fact of the matter is that very few people care about people, criminal or otherwise, that they don't know. Every day, the evening news reads off a laundry list of people that have been killed or violated and inspires only a passing "that sucks" in most. If those people are criminals in the first place... one less reason to care. I'm practical enough that I understand the lack of empathy for the fate of hardened fellons. My argument against prison rape is largely a matter of principal and practicality, as opposed to empathy.
Buy the way, I'm sorry that you've been a victim of violence.
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Spot on Doc.
What I see as "harsh," is that many, if not most of the inmates will one day be released into our society and having suffered such treatment are even less likely to become decent citizens because they have had their humanity removed or damaged beyond repair.