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Vindication for what goes on in prison, or what sends the most violent offenders to prison? No. But aren't prisoners and prison guards also likely to come from populations where small-claims-sized wrongs are particularly frustrating?

A fantasy of ordinary life being a bit more just, a "no-nonsense" personality whose "tough talk" seems to firmly divide right from wrong and wise from foolish? It seems possible that those less insulated from social breakdown would appreciate this fantasy more. If it comes with lurid spectacle and schadenfreude, so much the more entertaining, I suppose.

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