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What if we had prison cities where prisoners can live "freely" and have their own economies and stuff? Let's see how they like trying to live normal lives with other people who have no qualms about stealing and killing to get what they want, just like they may have done themselves to innocent people before they were imprisoned. Will the criminals learn to get along or will they end up killing each other? I wouldn't care because they're in the prison city and not anywhere near me and other normal people, which is what prison is for right? Maybe we can even free those who prove themselves to be outstanding citizens in those prison cities.

Just a thought.



You seem to be under the impression that the prison population is made up primarily of violent thieves and murderers - that is not the case.


We'll have nonviolent prison cities separate from the violent ones. :)


> What if we had prison cities where prisoners can live "freely" and have their own economies and stuff? Let's see how they like trying to live normal lives with other people who have no qualms about stealing and killing to get what they want, just like they may have done themselves to innocent people before they were imprisoned. Will the criminals learn to get along or will they end up killing each other?

I dunno, let's ask Australia.


They're called penal colonies, mate.


I've seen this movie. I kinda like New York though, and LA is indefensible; maybe we can use San Francisco instead.

"You can't meet the Duke! Are you crazy? Nobody gets to meet the Duke."


There's precedence in the Bible. Ancient Israel had sanctuary cities where murderers could go to escape punishment.


This was for manslaughter; murder with intent was explicitly excluded from making use of these.




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