Turn Some Prisons into Human Zoos

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Jealous_Flamingo_682@reddit

Is this by any chance a satirical commentary on the prison-industrial complex? (Which, is a real problem and a lot of people have not been treated fairly in this system and we probably should as a society ask why we still lock people up, it really seems to go against the ideals of freedom and the pursuit of happiness and all the other stuff our "founders" promised us that have never truly been reality for a lot of people throughout the history of the US)

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Cemeterace@reddit

it's amazing that people can have the confidence within them to believe that ideas like this are actually good

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Dick__Marathon@reddit

You might say the idea is.... Crazy?

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Temporary_Pie8723@reddit

They really should make a sub for that

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Unusual-Marzipan5465@reddit

Idk why people are so against this, it's an excellent idea. To make it humane some of the proceeds should go to the prisoners who choose to be exhibited

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

Yeah just thought of that before reading this. It would be a similar model to existing prison shows that already exist. Well, actually don't know if those prisoners are paid.

I think paying them could be a good idea for extra incentive to return back to society. Plus maybe some could spin it into a career being on camera after they get out.

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Fluffy_Efficiency623@reddit

Because it's inhumane and nobody who has values around common decency and respect would ever support this.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

Prison shows already exist that they can choose to be in. You could do the same thing for this, it could be opt-in.

Hell, the prisoners involved could get paid. They could offer it for prisoners who exhibit good behavior, like they do for prisoner job opportunities. It wouldn't be economic to do this to all prisons, or even the entirety of single prisons anyway.

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Useful_Calendar_6274@reddit

I would not go see them in person but I would watch the shit out of a big brother show about them. specially about gangs and getting shanked and the prison trans

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

Now that I think about it, hidden cameras would be cheaper and more effective. The ideal here would be one way mirrors and stuff. No interaction. But one way mirrors and that kind of think aren't very effective anyway.

Actually the cameras don't even need to be hidden, modern prisons already have camera systems. Just let the people see what happens.

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Lucyyyyyy_K@reddit

This is not a crazy idea, it's a racist idea. Human zoos were very much a thing.

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hutch_man0@reddit

I don't see why it's racist

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Lucyyyyyy_K@reddit

Because human zoos used to feature black people, and the proposed prison zoos here would also feature black people.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

It's a completely different idea, notion, and intent. Those were imperialist colonialist things to show what they considered an inferior culture.

Different from my idea which is to observe people in general.

You are projecting your own racism onto this.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

When did they create observation areas / zoos from prisons?

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lordwafflesbane@reddit

Racists did this a hundred years ago.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

They turned prisons into zoos?

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lordwafflesbane@reddit

They imprisoned people in zoos. Which is the same thing.

Human zoo - Wikipedia https://share.google/2JLBnsVv25T0junWl

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

It's not the same thing. That was capturing or kidnapping people into zoos.

This is adding observation areas to existing prisons.

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Brandoncarsonart@reddit

It would be incredibly inhumane to do this to innocent people. Luckily the justice system is perfect and nobody ever gets wrongfully convicted and everyone agrees with all the laws that put people in prisons.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

You can disagree with the idea for whatever reason you want. It's r/CrazyIdeas not r/GreatIdeas.

It's just a fact that this idea is not the same as what racist colonialists did 100 years ago. It's manifestly a different idea and you can't get around that.

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