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I feel that people experience catharsis from justice being delivered, since it is such a rarity for that to be the case.

I feel like prisons are concentration camps for the ongoing and necessary institution of slavery, that is still being overly abused.

Imprisonment is a surprisingly recent invention. I do enjoy pondering the argument of slavery being the more effective, corrective and moral choice, if well implemented.

Stripping of personal rights is in my opinion a necessary exercise of power in some cases, but it should always be done selectively and with correction in mind.

Of course, it is hard to weigh what is better for the emotional wellbeing of society - the overt displays of seldom delivered justice, a narrative told without nuance in an uncompromising salesman pitch of the government to its subjects, or the gradual and messy improvement of those who have transgressed littered with mistakes.

All this effort to help those who don´t deserved it when there are so many more worthy who suffer?

A tough pitch.

Does every person posses the same dignity, irrespective of circumstances?

A basic and foundational question at the base of modern morality. The yes answer informs much of the modern systems of prosecution, yet to many, it is not self evident, if put under scrutiny.

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