Our carceral system works by using the worst people — Chauvin, Dahmer, and other outliers — to induce us to accept and even applaud inhuman conditions involving assault, rape, grotesque neglect, and deliberate abuse.
It’s not a strategy that would work on a healthy or decent society.
“Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.”
Our carceral system works by using the worst people — Chauvin, Dahmer, and other outliers — to induce us to accept and even applaud inhuman conditions involving assault, rape, grotesque neglect, and deliberate abuse.
It’s not a strategy that would work on a healthy or decent society.