i agree that it's difficult to find out, if a person is really insane or an insanely good
actor. however experts are doing the diagnosis and they'll probably find out about a
couple of people faking their state of sanity. for those who "pass the test" i don't
think that they'll come out on minimum term. there have been many experiments i once
read about, where sane psychiatrists made the test and went to a mental institution
faking some sort of disease. they couldn't get out again on their own, because then
they were diagnosed being in denial and other things. this is a case of self fulfilling
prophecy. if you are once diagnosed being insane, you'll have a very difficult time
convincing the others that you're not or no longer.

where i really don't agree with you, swamp_thing is that no attempts are made to
rehabilitate or reeducate prisoners. i once visited a prison and although there was
certainly some promotion aspect to it, they seemed to try pretty hard to do those
things. many attempts may not be successful, because of how people view ex-cons
and won't allow them to reintegrate fully to society, but nevertheless attempts are
made and are successful in some cases.

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