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Inconvenient things perhaps, but not false things... Unfortunately.


Doubling down on your ignorance isn't helping.


Perhaps you could enlighten me instead of being arrogant?

The state of prisons is avoidable and due to society not caring enough. Is that a false and ignorant claim? Why? I think you should explain because I think that may claim is patently observable and a matter of fact.


Just because something appears obvious to your viewpoint does not make it a fact. That's not how facts work.

> The only answer is corruption of the prison staff.

> Smuggling is impossible unless staff turn a blind eye, or procedures are sufficiently lax

Here's an example: these two statements are false.

Trying to present opinions as facts makes you non-credible, you should avoid doing it.




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