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  • I don’t think it’s counter-intuitive.

    US prison causes severe trauma. Prisoners learn to survive in an environment where they have to engage in aggressive behavior just to get through their morning. Everything is taken from them, no opportunity for personal development, and they’re thrown on the street with zero resources after. It’s practically designed to force people to repeat the cycle and feed the prison system.

    It’s profitable too, 14th amendment and all. A prison company wouldn’t want to reduce it’s slave labor force so there’s no incentive to do better. Historically it’s an easy win for politicians too.

    While I’m not a fan of most carceral systems at least the Norwegian one tries not to treat people like livestock. That said, a prison is still a cage.