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minus-squaremineralfellow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoProbation is certainly not equivalent to the gulag system…
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoFunny fact about Joseph Stalin. He escaped from the gulags five or six times in a ten year period.
minus-squareRiverRock@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 hours agoYou’re right it’s way more cruel and arbitrary
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 hours agoSoviet prisons were not the cartoonish idea of a “gulag,” and conditions varied from prison to prison, depending on severity of crime, etc. Some prisons were more progressive than western peers.
Probation is certainly not equivalent to the gulag system…
Funny fact about Joseph Stalin. He escaped from the gulags five or six times in a ten year period.
You’re right it’s way more cruel and arbitrary
Soviet prisons were not the cartoonish idea of a “gulag,” and conditions varied from prison to prison, depending on severity of crime, etc. Some prisons were more progressive than western peers.