Prison: Isolation or Punishment?

[Bachanomon92]

So from what I can see the point of all prisons is to try and fail at whatever it's actually supposed to do. Interesting.....

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

Interesting that you bring that up, in my city every year, there's a big rash of petty crime, turns out it's just bums trying to get free acomendations for 3 or so months. (over the winter) It costs our city a massive amount of money.

I've come across people working with the poor who have encouraged them to go out, do something petty and get put in jail cause it will at least be a bed, food and warmth for the winter. They didn't feel comfortable doing it, but they where looking out the best interests of the people who are less fortunate. This speaks to me about the carelessness of society.

It would probably be easier, and cheaper as there wouldn't be a justice system to pay for as well, if these cities just invested in some decent programs for the homeless. I don't mean some run down building which leaves them feeling less safe then on the streets, but a real program to get them off the street, cleaned up, fed and maybe put them to work. Paid work, which is what they need to break the cycle that leaves them homeless.

 

[GreenDevilJF]

I would say isolation since people ***** about actually punishing people who did crimes nowadays. Prison just seems like a minor inconvienence, one that is payed for by the people who did nothing wrong.

 

[DrunkenKitty]

Prison as punishment and rehabilitation is a ridiculous idea. The idea that a criminal is going to go into an unnatural, controlled environment, surrounded by no one but other criminals and come out the other end an honest citizen is just ludicrous.