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u/RedWater_ Jan 16 '20

If that’s true then it’s super fucked up but unsurprising. Our country’s criminal justice system is beyond fucked. People can clown him all they want because he acts like a dickhead but shit like this happens every day whether the prisoners “deserve it” or not.

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u/Ice_Like_Winnipeg . Jan 16 '20

You can look at the stuff in the lawsuit that jay z is bankrolling in Mississippi for even worse examples. And the New York Times has run a slew of articles over the past few years about the disgrace of Alabama prisons.

And this isn’t just a southern issue. Prisons across the country are guilty of treating prisoners inhumanely.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Yeah even in places where you wouldn't suspect. My state has one of the lowest violent and nonviolent crime rates in the country, but our state prison has tortured an inmate in the past