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Old 23-Dec-2004, 01:01
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Default to create inhumane conditions.

Does "to create inhumane conditions" refer to "to create inhumane conditions
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"The prison industry" is burgeoning in America. More prisoners mean a vast influx of wealth for private prisons. Economic pressure has combined with an increasingly hardnosed attitude toward criminals to create inhumane conditions.

"Powerful people are making a lot of money. They don't care who's innocent and who's guilty..." [more]
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Default Re: to create inhumane conditions.

They would be inhumane for anyone- it's a universal concept, IMO.
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Default Re: to create inhumane conditions.

but yes, the inhumane conditions are FOR the prisoners (they are the ones that happen to be experiencing the conditions)
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