1/ I don't normally publish political pieces on ribbonfarm, but this one is special. A powerful story about a pivotal figure in penal reformhttps://twitter.com/ribbonfarm/status/809491401259945984 …
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3/ The post is the strange story of how a man named Robert Martinson shaped the current state of the US penal system
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4/ A tragic saga of bullshit, bad and good science and populist theatrics pushed the system from one bad extreme to another
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5/ Adam tells the century long story of how misguided policies of rehabilitation paved the way for even more misguided deterrence policies
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6/ This is a story that is kinda above partisan politics and gets at the true depth and difficulty of institutional reform
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7/ So go read it. Here's the link again: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/12/15/robert-martinson-and-the-tragedy-of-the-american-prison/ …
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8/ And if you can afford to, consider supporting Adam's gofundme for the documentary. This story needs to go places https://www.gofundme.com/robertmartinsondoc …
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9/ While I'm very pleased to publish this on ribbonfarm, this story needs much more publicity and needs to be told many times in many media
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