This is actually a missed point in modern times. If people could ask to get lashes or prison, I bet a very large number would choose lashes. So which punishmen

This is actually a missed point in modern times. If people could ask to get lashes or prison, I bet a very large number would choose lashes. So which punishment is more humane? Turns out we are picking for the experience of "the innocent" not for the rights of the "guilty". In these lines I have commented before: the main moral issue of modern prison systems is that they don't value liberty, so merely taking away someones liberty does not quench the thirst of revenge that pays off for the politician rhetoric.