I avoided the comments for the same reason too. People can be such heartless jerks on the internet.
We need to re-evaluate what prisons are for and treat prisoners accordingly. How much do we want to punish and how much do we want to rehabilitate? What happens if some people just don't want to be a part of society? There are people who, no matter what you do, will re-offended again and again until they're dead. Punishment and rehabilitation are useless in that case. What do we do?
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Date: 2011-05-31 10:13 pm (UTC)We need to re-evaluate what prisons are for and treat prisoners accordingly. How much do we want to punish and how much do we want to rehabilitate? What happens if some people just don't want to be a part of society? There are people who, no matter what you do, will re-offended again and again until they're dead. Punishment and rehabilitation are useless in that case. What do we do?