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[David Stockhoff]

You read that correctly, Lee.

But humane treatment of all humans is not just good for its effects. 
It's also good because of the effects of treating humans inhumanely.

On 4/12/2012 4:40 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>> David Stockhoff: As long as they get out of their cells daily and have
>> some daily contact with humans, confinement under those circumstances
>> is not inhumane. This doesn't require unsupervised access to the community.
> Intended or not, I'll take your word "community" to be the community of
> prisoners and staff within a prison. I agree that it wouldn't be so
> terribly difficult to arrange daily safe contact with specially trained
> (and protected) staff members.
>
> As per my conversation with Antonio, I think treating even the worst of
> society in a humane manner is good not only for itself, but because it
> has a positive effect on society as a whole, outside the prison walls. 		 	   		
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