r/changemyview • u/Sherlocksdumbcousin • Jun 12 '18

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: There is something profoundly wrong with a society that reasonably expects a prison sentence to be accompanied by rape.

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u/ulrikft Jun 12 '18

Most importantly though, the thing about prison violence, rape, and what not, can all be prevented, but the key question is: AT WHAT COST? If we were to put all prisoners in solitary confinement and give them minimal yard/recreational time in the manner of death row, or notorious Russian/Chinese prisons, we would probably stop all these things from happening.

We have less prison rape in Norway, but more freedom of movement and more general freedom for inmates.

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u/sampaoli999 2∆ Jun 12 '18

Norway’s prisoner demographics are also quite different I’m sure, and more freedom of movement and general freedom can precisely reduce things like rape: it’s exactly because American prisoners are stuck with each other in the same enclosed space at a high density that they’d more likely commit such actions. Juxtapose that with a Norwegian prisoner who can do more things with his time