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		rainforest on Sept 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated lik... Extending your anecdotal case, doesn't this mean that prison isn't a deterrent at all until one has committed a crime and experienced it?

shawndumas on Sept 18, 2013 [–]

firstly; jail and prison are two different things. secondly, it's a spectrum; different people are deterred at different points and some not at all.

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