MCDOWELL COUNTY, West Virginia — When the flood water swept through McDowell County, West Virginia, in February, Ashley Rutherford sat in her wheelchair, unable to get out of her home as the water started coming through the doorway. One of her sons put rubber rain boots on her to cover her legs wh...
The punitive carceral “justice” system is no kind of justice.
they mentioned nothing about prisons… they said we hold people responsible. the way we punish is beside the point
the point is that if someone does something bad because they’re the product of a poor environment, we still consider them responsible for their actions
Do you not see the inherent contradiction in that? Our system punishes people for being products of their environment interacting with their genes. Not reform, PUNISHMENT. Do you take away a child’s toys for getting sick?