(November 8, 2016 at 2:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: To me, the primary purpose of prison is to remove dangerous people from society. The secondary purpose, where possible, should be to rehabilitate them. This could sometimes be achieved simply by stopping them doing what they were doing, and giving them a new environment in which to reflect. The third and least important is punishment.
Punishment has four justifications: rehabilitation, deterrence, isolation, and vengeance. You may be thinking of vengeance when you say "punishment."
