I'm OK with it, because it prevents them from spreading the stupid to their friends, and so ends up helping more kids than it hurts in the long run. That being

I'm OK with it, because it prevents them from spreading the stupid to their friends, and so ends up helping more kids than it hurts in the long run. That being said, the conditions of that locking-up should be much better than they usually are in the US today. All too often prisons serve as universities of crime. Instead, these sorts of criminals should spend their days working for the benefit of their community, so as to learn the correct values that will serve them well upon their release.