Unfortunately BigBen, the statistics have shown that convicts given community sentences recidivate less than convicts given the same sentence in prison. I'm at school right now but I can dig up the source when I get home...
When the system isn't working, when it only breeds more crime, and prisons turn into criminal universities, something needs to be done.
Contrary to what you may think, I don't underestimate criminals... I think YOU do, by not giving them enough credit as human beings who still have to get on in this society after they get out of prison. Most crime isn't committed by people with ASD (antisocial personality disorder) who is possibly the only personality type which is statistically unable to be rehabilitated.
The system that has been in place for centuries hasn't deterred crime. How about we try something else?
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