Tag: prisons
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Israel tortures and kills people and it isn’t even trying to hide it
The vast majority of people live in countries where torture is prevalent. And I always knew Israel is no real democracy with a good human rights record. I knew torture and deaths in Israeli prisons were widespread. We also know a lot of people are missing (likely thousands). But what strikes me most is that…
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Countries having brutal prisons fail as states
Brutal prisons are not a show of order, discipline, or state power. They are symptoms of state failure. Whenever a prison is run through violence, extortion, and gang dominance, it signals that the government has lost its basic monopoly on force. Prisons are not separate worlds. They are mirrors of the wider society. If the…