I agree. While the absolute size of the moral catastrophe that is wrongful treatment of prisoners is brought up a lot, that’s a different issue than either the proportion of the population presently in prison, or the amount of harm inflicted on each individual prisoner, relative to the past.
I agree. While the absolute size of the moral catastrophe that is wrongful treatment of prisoners is brought up a lot, that’s a different issue than either the proportion of the population presently in prison, or the amount of harm inflicted on each individual prisoner, relative to the past.