[ExI] What is Grace?

MB mbb386 at main.nc.us
Tue Mar 17 13:44:32 UTC 2009


> Violent gang leaders who continue to act badly behind bars often get sent to
> "Supermax" prisons. According to some, these prisons violate the 8th Amendment's
> proscription against cruel and unusual punishment.
>
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax
>

IMHO being sent to any prison in which one is (without recourse) raped, molested,
and abused by other prisoners would be cruel and unusual punishment. The very idea
of being locked up and regimented is enough to freak me. (I was sent to a boarding
school as a teen.)

Regards,
MB




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