barryqwalsh
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All liberals think prisons should be places of rehabilitation. We believe prisoners to be marginalised and from areas of socioeconomic deprivation. The truth is more shocking: prisoners are there because they got unlucky. Of course they are responsible for their actions, and often they should be in jail, but if you and I were born into their lives we would be where they are now.
If you don’t believe me, take the 30-second fantasy prison challenge: take away your schooling and your stable childhood home, add alcohol or drugs, and violence, maybe take away a loving hand or a kind word when things go wrong or right, and then ask how much of your “decent” self would be left and how far would you be from jail.
I’ve been farther away, but in London I’ve truly travelled
If you don’t believe me, take the 30-second fantasy prison challenge: take away your schooling and your stable childhood home, add alcohol or drugs, and violence, maybe take away a loving hand or a kind word when things go wrong or right, and then ask how much of your “decent” self would be left and how far would you be from jail.
I’ve been farther away, but in London I’ve truly travelled
