This story is absolutely unbelievable, like what is even the point of prison if this is what it does? Sure as a teenager Hoffman was deliquent but a $130k fine

This story is absolutely unbelievable, like what is even the point of prison if this is what it does? Sure as a teenager Hoffman was deliquent but a $130k fine on someone who didn't even need to serve the sentence seems to obviously be a cruel and unusual punishment.