RE: Prison as punishment
November 8, 2016 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2016 at 3:14 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 8, 2016 at 2:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: An example for this case may be sentencing him to a subsistence life style while having to care for motor vehicle victims for the 10 years as his only job or means of support. If he does not agree or adhere, then he can do the time.
I think that's actually pretty nice...I mean, we'd only give the choice to people who we think can be trusted to stick to it - obviously, we don't give some recalcitrant piece of shit the option to farm it and do cs. The idea that those who break the social contract are better put to use in contributing to the society than in being caged..which, frankly appears to hurt the society on many levels, as well as harming the individual themselves..is a good one in principle.
I suppose that's easy to consider though, in the context of crimes that harm people. How about prostitution? Possession, w or w/o intent to distribute? Do we put these folks on farms, or make them work, somehow in a capacity that speaks to their crimes? I know that the easy answer is "those things, maybe, shouldn't be crimes" - but bare with me, they are, so...would that be more appropriate than incarceration or fines, in those cases?
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