"teens" beat man to death in philly
(nypost.com)
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Quakers. The inventor of the penitentiary was William Penn, of Pennsylvania fame. The idea was to put people in a quiet place alone and allow them to become penitent before god. Penitent = penitentiary.
In other words, putting people in jail is religious torture. I'm surprised no one has tried to fight it on first amendment grounds.