r/prisons

101K archived posts · Feb 2011 – Sep 2026

prisons

r/prisons

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization The true test of society is how well it treats its prisoners and old people. The test of a civilization is in the way it cares for its helpless members Join the discussion of abuse in the "troubled teen" bootcamps at /r/troubledteens

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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization

The true test of society is how well it treats its prisoners and old people.

The test of a civilization is in the way it cares for its helpless members

Join the discussion of abuse in the "troubled teen" bootcamps at r/troubledteens

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