>There is definitely something really off here. It's almost as though, by treating criminals so harshly as we do here ("tough on crime" is a popular slogan for

>There is definitely something really off here. It's almost as though, by treating criminals so harshly as we do here ("tough on crime" is a popular slogan for politicians), that instead of reducing crime, we reduce our society's recognition of each individual's humanity and value, and thus cause crime to rise.