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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2011 17:25:27 GMT -5
Why do we insist upon incarcerating so many people whollyu unnecessarily?
Is prison really the best way to deal with criminal behaviour?
The sad reality is that it is totally inefffective.
Let us consider those, for instance, who are serving genuine whole life terms.
What kind of incentive do they have NOT to commit other crimes? If they are doomed to remain in prison for ever no matter what they do why should they not simply cause mayhem?
Or if a prisoner knows that he or she will be released then it is abundantly clear that their crime was not one that made them sufficiently dangerous to lock them up for the whole of their life.
That being the case, non-custodial sentences would be a better way of dealing with them.
I am going to post a link in a moment but I need to go back and google it before I do so.
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