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Kaleva

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12. Thought this was the Onion

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:03 AM

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Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates: Free him, 'conditions suck' [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Dec 12 OP

Ok, that was hilarious 🤣😆 ecstatic Dec 12 #1

I love porcupines AZSkiffyGeek Dec 12 #26

yikes! It needs to be done with cheese!! lol ecstatic Dec 12 #46

Why are they keeping him away from other inmates? mucifer Dec 12 #2

I think that's pretty common with famous (infamous) prisoners. LisaL Dec 12 #4

They seem to be confused. LisaL Dec 12 #3

we could learn a lot from the Scandinavian countries The Wandering Harper Dec 12 #5

Those Scandinavian prisoners do have it good. LisaL Dec 12 #7

America is Puritan ThePartyThatListens Dec 12 #41

Confusion about what? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 12 #8

Ok, lets put it in a different way. LisaL Dec 12 #9

Is prison supposed to be a punishment because of loss of freedom, or more than that? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 12 #22

if they were in Sweden... TommyT139 Dec 13 #59

Sometimes I think nothing is more DU than Prairie Gates Dec 12 #18

yepppppp WhiskeyGrinder Dec 12 #21

It's an interesting phenomenon. yardwork Dec 12 #23

Well said. Think. Again. Dec 12 #32

I hear ya... (nt) Duncan Grant Dec 12 #34

I think those people have happybird Dec 13 #54

Maybe it is we who are confused. -misanthroptimist Dec 12 #13

Their homicide rate is far lower than ours to begin with Kaleva Dec 12 #15

So, what? -misanthroptimist Dec 12 #20

What efforts have you made to improve the conditions in the prisons? Kaleva Dec 12 #49

That's an irrelevant deflection -misanthroptimist Dec 13 #61

Yep, that's another clue we're doing it wrong. Think. Again. Dec 12 #33

Our prison system didn't create the criminals Kaleva Dec 12 #35

Oh, Yes It Does RobinA Dec 12 #36

Source's? Kaleva Dec 13 #50

Yes, it does. Think. Again. Dec 12 #37

Sources? Kaleva Dec 13 #51

... Think. Again. Dec 13 #55

The question was if our prison system creates violent criminals Kaleva Dec 13 #56

No, please re-read the thread.. Think. Again. Dec 13 #57

The money we spend on policing and incarceration defunds schools, libaries, social programs and other things that WhiskeyGrinder Dec 12 #40

the carceral system is intimately connected to policing, education, judicial and other institutions. Voltaire2 Dec 12 #43

Apparently, US voters are more interested in cruelty than rehabilitation. yardwork Dec 12 #24

That's why it's called the penal system. sop Dec 12 #27

Maybe it's a bad system. yardwork Dec 12 #28

No and a huge number of them are mentally ill and have substance abuse problems. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 12 #48

again, a person detained is not a person to be punished. Voltaire2 Dec 12 #44

I agree. sop Dec 12 #45

The Concept of "Otherness" RobinA Dec 12 #38

I reluctantly agree -misanthroptimist Dec 12 #39

He is in pre trial detention. He is not guilty of any crime (yet). Voltaire2 Dec 12 #30

Porcupine meatballs superpatriotman Dec 12 #6

I actually liked them Kaleva Dec 12 #14

Your avatar True Dough Dec 13 #52

Davey and Goliath superpatriotman Dec 13 #62

Yes!!! True Dough Dec 13 #63

In the Maricopa County jail system Mosby Dec 12 #10

$20k for salt? RubyRose Dec 12 #17

It is very good salt sarisataka Dec 12 #19

The Maricopa County Jail system holds around 9000 people Mosby Dec 12 #25

I'm pretty sure he will not be freed. Bonx Dec 12 #11

Thought this was the Onion Kaleva Dec 12 #12

Either the Onion or the Borowitz Report, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 12 #16

Anything that elevates Ashleigh Banfield and NewsNation... dchill Dec 12 #29

Luigi Mangione maybe Times next person of the year. republianmushroom Dec 12 #31

I think there are more inmates who are worthy of freedom. Let's start with them. LeftInTX Dec 12 #42

They're at it again. The inmates are all watching News Nation and shouting... LeftInTX Dec 12 #47

I hope the jail Luigi is in has a library. Trellastic Dec 13 #53

They did this again on tonights show... communicating with the inmates. IcyPeas Dec 13 #58

A murderer kills a mass murderer.... /nt artemisia1 Dec 13 #60