It seems like a fair assumption that prisoners are broadly treated better today (in the West) than they used to be. Sexual abuse and solitary confinement were probably more common back in the day.
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.
It seems like a fair assumption that prisoners are broadly treated better today (in the West) than they used to be. Sexual abuse and solitary confinement were probably more common back in the day.
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.