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Originally Posted by tore
From a strict rehabilitation point of view, it can't be worse than the large and tough american prisons which seem to create a culture where you have to be tough to survive. In the worst case prison scenario, someone serving a sentence f.ex for selling drugs may become an even more hardened criminal by the time his or her sentence is over. I generally think it's better if a prison sentence prepares the criminal for a lawful life on the outside rather than teach them how to survive in a world ruled by tooth and claw.
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I certainly agree with that, and as you know from our previous conversations, I'm very opposed to people serving prison time for drug offenses in the first place.
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Originally Posted by tore
I think those who think that prisoners deserve a beating, like The Virgin, are not thinking about what happens when these people who have taken their beatings and served their sentences are reintroduced into society.
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Exactly. I think viewing prison sentences as retribution instead of rehabilitation is extremely counter-productive.