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Joe Rogan: “The system is just set up to punish. They're set up to just…”

Featuring: Joe Rogan, Libertarian-leaning, Socially Liberal | Host of The Joe Rogan Experience | National

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And I can tell you, like, the guys that I deal with, man, there's so many of these guys that can contribute you. If we just stop throwing people away. Yeah. The system is just set up to punish. They're set up to just lock people up so they're off the streets so other people don't have to deal with them. But they are, like you said, they are going to get out, most of them, and they're not going to be rehabilitated. And oftentimes they're hardened and it's oftentimes even worse. (1:21:57–1:22:05)

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Asserts that the prison system is designed primarily for punishment and isolation, not rehabilitation.

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