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I dont get why. If you want the upside of businesses of scale (profits) why would you not get the downside of criminality at scale?

This is a moralistic version of privatize the gains and socialize the losses.

Im not even a big law and order guy, but the "go easy, boys will be boys" take seems baseless.

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The isolation is to keep inmates from murdering guards ("most dangerous, uncontrollable inmates could be isolated from correction officers and other prisoners for security and safety"). Dread Pirate Roberts is a keyboard jockey with no priors. It seems unlikely he will attempt to murder guards.

Ross Ulbricht definitely owes a debt to society, but I don't think he falls into the category of "the most dangerous, uncontrollable inmates."

Is this guy going to stab a CO because they disrespected him?

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