I don't think that we should institute caning, but I do think that new forms of punishment are needed. Jail and prison are terrible forms of punishment. Someo

I don't think that we should institute caning, but I do think that new forms of punishment are needed. Jail and prison are terrible forms of punishment. Someone who goes to prison is going to lose their job, maybe lose their house and possessions, and be away from their family. And that's all to spend time hanging out with convicted criminals all day and learn nothing of value. Compared with this, caning actually starts to look not so bad. It sends a clear message "don't do that again" without destroying someone's life. Now, caning also can cause serious damage to your body, so I don't think it's an acceptable punishment, but it would be good to have a better method of punishment that sent a clear message but didn't wreck someone's life and leave them with little alternative but to resort to crime again.