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		paulryanrogers 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some wo... Can we have humane jails and humane social safety nets too?

idhegeu 11 months ago [–]

Humane jails are the safety net of last resort. I wish the US had a humane enough incarceration system for it to provide that role to unhoused folks.

But yeah, there should be a lot of nets above that too.

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