> But you have to let them out at some point. The idea behind "tough on crime" is that actually, you don't: A nineteen-year-old mugged some people to pay for f

> But you have to let them out at some point. The idea behind "tough on crime" is that actually, you don't: A nineteen-year-old mugged some people to pay for food/drugs/I'll-ask-my-caddie's-chauffeur-what-else-poor-people-spend-money-on? Great! We can use them as slave labor on and off for the rest of their life, and the less opprotunities for "off", the better.