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I broadly agree with this but it raises a bigger question -- how do you punish someone who is already in a process of punishment? That's an especially importan
by Teever 2y ago
I broadly agree with this but it raises a bigger question -- how do you punish someone who is already in a process of punishment?
That's an especially important question when someone is going through a very long punishment process, like what does another life sentence mean to someone who has a life sentence? You can't execute someone twice, right?
If someone breaks a very important rule in prison there needs to be some way to put an immediate stop to that behaviour and to disincentivize them from doing it again and in a situation like this is seems like solitary confinement is the most effective way to do that.
- pjot 2y agoMaybe leading with a stick instead of a carrot isn’t the right approach?
- ethbr1 2y agoIt's hard to carrot already-wealthy prisoners. For average folks, sure.
- pjot 2y agoI don’t know, I feel like there is much more room for positive incentives than negative. Prisons put people on a pretty level playing field. Like, the well behaved could be served pork chops and peas instead of slop and mush.
- fitblipper 2y agoHave you ever experienced prison yourself or through someone close? Prisons don't put people on a level playing field at all. It is significantly more comfortable to be rich in prison than poor in prison.
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- brunoqc 2y agoSurely prisoners still have some privileges that could be taken away as a punishment (going outdoors, books, tv, computers, phone, visits, classes/work...