‘A society,’ Dostoevsky said, ‘should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but how it treats its prisoners.’
In the U.K. Nigel Farage is promising to build bigger prisons and send prisoners to Estonia and El Salvador. There are more people in prison in the US than in any country in the world.
On Free State today we look at how society gave up on prisoners. We examine why populism and media scares matter more than any idea of rehabilitation.
And there is news on the GAA quiz which was postponed as Joe questioned Dion’s right to even answer the questions. Send your questions to info@freestatepodcast.com
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