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by troutwine 1415 days ago
After serving 15 years in San Quentin. I get the feeling you’re sharing but what would you prefer? The article does not paint a particularly rosy view of this man’s life, nor does social security amount to much money, per the article.
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Side note on the money aspect: San Francisco spends approximately as much on homelessness per vagrant as it costs to house an inmate for the same length of time in San Quentin, where per-prisoner costs are also notoriously high. Inmates are ineligible to receive Social Security.