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minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·6 months agoIf they want to sleep all fucking day, they should be able to.
minus-squarexlash123@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·6 months agoWhile you definitely should be able to get a full night’s sleep, sleeping all day (at least consistently) could lead to physical and mental problems. So a humane prison should get the prisoners out of bed and doing something productive.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 months agoThey should provide something productive to get them out of bed, not get them out of bed to be productive.
minus-squareAviandelight @mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoI feel like that statement is the crux of all human existence right now.
minus-squareandrewAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThey’re not there to rehab, they’re there to make someone’s widgets or dig ditches on the cheap.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI hope you don’t agree with that.
minus-squareandrewAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI don’t. Just commenting on the state of the system.
If they want to sleep all fucking day, they should be able to.
While you definitely should be able to get a full night’s sleep, sleeping all day (at least consistently) could lead to physical and mental problems. So a humane prison should get the prisoners out of bed and doing something productive.
They should provide something productive to get them out of bed, not get them out of bed to be productive.
I feel like that statement is the crux of all human existence right now.
^^^^
They’re not there to rehab, they’re there to make someone’s widgets or dig ditches on the cheap.
I hope you don’t agree with that.
I don’t. Just commenting on the state of the system.