☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoAuthoritarian!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square437linkfedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down124
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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoSoviet prisons were not the cartoonish idea of a “gulag,” and conditions varied from prison to prison, depending on severity of crime, etc. Some prisons were more progressive than western peers.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPrison reform in the US in the 1960s felt - for a brief instant - like a truly progressive force. Then Reaganism happened…
Soviet prisons were not the cartoonish idea of a “gulag,” and conditions varied from prison to prison, depending on severity of crime, etc. Some prisons were more progressive than western peers.
Prison reform in the US in the 1960s felt - for a brief instant - like a truly progressive force. Then Reaganism happened…