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Why does anyone enjoy cruelty? It seems to be innate to the human animal. People are cruel to prisoners because they enjoy being cruel to prisoners, their stated reasons being excuses (revenge is unjustifiable, especially given that free will is inconceivable; mass incarceration and poor prison conditions seem to increase crime). Take away the shame that normally keeps it in check and people's bloodlust rises to the surface. It is a rare person who chooses to deny themselves pleasure on moral grounds.

If we are to have prisons, let's be honest about why they exist: people like them.

>I don't understand why Texas voters support such inhumane conditions.

I'm in Texas. I'm a little confused as to why you think I should care. For those wrongly convicted, I don't want them to get air-conditioning in prison... and for those correctly convicted, I'm not especially worried about making them more comfortable.

The entire point of punishment is the cruelty. It doesn't really work without it... it's unclear if you're quibbling over the amount of cruelty, or if you think that there exists some sort of cruelty-free punishment that the rest of us just haven't heard of.

These are Nationalist Christians (Nat-C’s), not actual followers of Jesus.

Such an appropriate-sounding name he has.