> Who then is supposed to pay for a criminal’s stay in prison? Law-abiding tax-payers? Absolutely yes. If society is improved by the removal of these individu

> Who then is supposed to pay for a criminal’s stay in prison? Law-abiding tax-payers? Absolutely yes. If society is improved by the removal of these individuals from free association therein, and the decision is made to do so, then society should be responsible for the costs necessary to make it happen. Cost of enforcement should be a limiting factor on the expansion of laws. If nothing else, it is a proxy for the number of people criminalized, which is a measure of social acceptability (and/or lack of negative impact) of the behaviour itself.