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I feel like the US system is focused on punishment of the criminals instead of protecting the public from these criminals. Locking them away should be a necessa
by iforgotpassword 9y ago
I feel like the US system is focused on punishment of the criminals instead of protecting the public from these criminals. Locking them away should be a necessary evil since we have no better (more humane) solution, not an active punishment because it makes some people feel better or superior.
- heliodor 9y agoNo better solution? I disagree. Without getting creative, how about repeating the Australia experiment, for starters? That turned out pretty well for the world. The US has a lot of land. Take some of it that few people want (Alaska, Rockies, Arizona, Dakotas, etc) and let convicts run their own society there in physical isolation. One of the purposes of our justice system is to remove the offenders from amongst society. Separation does not require caging!
- hulahoof 9y agoSure it's easy a few hundred years later to look back and say that it was a great idea, but what amounts to a multi-generation exile was probably a bit overkill for many (not all) of the prisoners.