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Oh, yeah. Just in terms of where this conversation is going, I mean, that's— that's the punishment should be that you're removed from society, right? And that's it. Anything worse in terms of like— like when you've seen inside of prisons how terrible the conditions are, it's like that shouldn't be an additional punishment. Like you are removed from society. You're in like a prison area. But then, you know, and then you can be rehabilitated. You get educated and like, you know, counseling and stuff, and then you come out. As opposed to, yeah, in the United States, it's like, yeah, we're going to remove you and you're going to be in a tiny cell and it's going to be with a bunch of other people. We're not going to educate you on anything. You're going to potentially get raped in the shower. Like, it's— it's terrible. Yeah, exactly. And then, well, so another— not to get on like my high horse here, like a soapbox or whatever, but like, but part of it is that in the United States, a lot of prisons are run privately, like they're corporations. Corporations. And so they are— all they want is for people to come back into prison.

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David13:27
Can I just jump in? Yeah.
Jason13:30
My teacher, Mr. Killinger, is here. He's actually— he's been in jail. So you have some things to say.
David13:34
David's trying to get his GED, so he's brought Killinger here for good.
David13:37
Oh, yeah. Just in terms of where this conversation is going, I mean, that's— that's the punishment should be that you're removed from society, right? And that's it. Anything worse in terms of like— like when you've seen inside of prisons how terrible the conditions are, it's like that shouldn't be an additional punishment. Like you are removed from society. You're in like a prison area. But then,…
Jason14:31
This is too much knowledge for our podcast.
David14:34
This is not how things normally go here.
Jason14:35
We like to keep it light, Killian.