> What do you propose? That if we can't rehabilitate, we don't bother to deter criminals There's no conclusive proof that even the death penalty deters crime:

> What do you propose? That if we can't rehabilitate, we don't bother to deter criminals There's no conclusive proof that even the death penalty deters crime: https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/fact-check/does-death-penalty-deter-crime https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/fact-check/does-death-penalty-det... > or to sequester them from society so they can do less harm Sequestration with counseling and education would be useful. Unfortunately, we concentrate the convicted instead, which results in prisons functioning as colleges for criminality: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/20/prison-college-criminality/17595587/ https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/20/prison-c...