I'd say this qualifies as a dangerous idea. Horrifying at first blush but it sticks in the brain. That the comments are almost universally negative tells you something.
The problem is that this doesn't fundamentally change prison, it just takes the two metrics of cost and violence, and analyzes ways to minimise them (by reducing to a minimalist food system and isolating sources of violence from eachother).
The comments being overwhelmingly negative are due to two reasons: 1. it's a solution that doesn't fix the main problems in the prison system, and 2. it's at the top of the freaking front page, indicating a lot of people are taking it seriously.
People laugh at idiotic ideas that nobody take seriously. People take out their pitchforks at idiotic ideas that everyone take seriously, because it's a serious danger to them and everyone else.
The comments being overwhelmingly negative are due to two reasons: 1. it's a solution that doesn't fix the main problems in the prison system, and 2. it's at the top of the freaking front page, indicating a lot of people are taking it seriously.
People laugh at idiotic ideas that nobody take seriously. People take out their pitchforks at idiotic ideas that everyone take seriously, because it's a serious danger to them and everyone else.