Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage … - Piper Kerman

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Whenever I meet a pretty girl, the first thing I look for is intelligence; because if she doesn't have that, then she’s mine.

Piper Kerman

Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have done and tries to make it right for the people they have harmed. [. . . ] Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night.

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