Fact-check: “Isaac Saul said he was for abolishing prisons. He said this in My Take in Tangle several years ago.”
Verdict: Misleading (72% confidence)
Saul has publicly described himself as 'staunchly anti-prison' and argued prisons are 'immoral, ineffective, and extraordinarily expensive,' but he has also explicitly stated 'I haven't embraced abolition as a realistic solution' and that his goal is 'drastically reducing our prison population' — not full abolition. The claim also misidentifies the format: the primary source is a dedicated standalone essay titled 'My most extreme political position,' not the regular 'My Take' section of a daily…
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