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		cryoz on Oct 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I survived a year in ‘the hole’ without losing... The point of prisons is to keep criminals away from the rest of society and prevent them from doing further harm.

next_xibalba on Oct 30, 2022 [–]

That is one reason to imprison criminals. It is not the only reason.

- https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/1-5-the-purpose...

- https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/reasons-...

- https://ua.pressbooks.pub/criminallawalaskaed/chapter/1-5-th...

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