'If you don't know a Tevinter Magister from an Orlesian noble, you're going to be a bit lost here."
Yesterday, I finished Dragon Age: Inquisition. By "finished," I mean that I played the final story mission and…
I think what we really need to do (Brit here, so I guess by "we" I mean both the UK and the US, and really the entire world) is totally overhaul the prison system and change how we think of prison in the first place. The Norwegian prison system, where prisoners are treated very well and kept in really nice - but…
This article is misinformed. The argument is actually about non-violent offenders in general. There is a discussion going on about how women are particularly victimized in prison (and generally are not committing as severe of crimes) as part of the larger debate, but the House of Lords is not actually debating not…
The article specifically mentions "property crime" as one of the major reasons for women being incarcerated. I see property crime and fraud as a definite threat to society. It is also a crime that usually involves aforethought and the perpetrator weighing the punishment against the reward and deciding the punishment…
Erm, lots of people have commented on how the focus should be on keeping non-violent people out of prison and giving them the community service option. But I want to point out that non-violent offenders (especially those who commit property crimes or are repeat offenders) cause a lot of damage to society. It's not all…
Yeah, and by focusing on getting women out of prison, it implies that either women are more innocent, or they're more childlike and can't handle prison.
So true.
Agreed. Non-violent offenders sentenced to short terms typically don't benefit from prison, and that goes for male offenders as well.
This is a really important point. If we would just train them to be obedient from childhood they wouldn't even end up in prison in the first place.
I don't really see why the focus has to be on women here; just non-violent offenders in general.
Women are like children. They cannot be held accountable for their actions. They are delicate and should be protected and kept out of prison. They cannot even tell the difference between right and wrong anyway.
Whelp, looks like I'm pirating these games. I hate UPlay more than anything.
Don't worry. You won't.