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The movement to abolish prisons is small and special in some respects. It is special in the sense that its object, the very institution of the prison, is not evidently unjust. This distinguishes it from slavery. Slaves were innocent humans who were refused humane treatment, but prisoners are more or less dangerous people who committed crimes, and who are being accorded a punishment that in some ways is supposed to even help them | |||
to cope with everyday life in society. | |||
There is another reason why the prison is not seen as an inherently unjust institution. It was the Quakers - the greatest abolitionists in history - who had invented it in the first place (as an alternative to death penalty). | |||
===Cause for Conflict=== | ===Cause for Conflict=== | ||