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WeJustDid46 t1_irjyfll wrote

I thought going to prison was punishment for a crime you committed. You do the crime you do the time. No lap of luxury, prison is punishment.

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Jumpin_Joeronimo t1_irkouh1 wrote

Not having your freedom IS a punishment. Not being able to drive to the grocery store for your favorite snack, see your family every night, have a beer with dinner, go to a baseball game, etc, etc, etc.

Seems like you're kind of missing the point here. If a prisoner can be treated as a human and it shows that it reduces the tendency for that person to do more crime, how is that not a positive?.

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BigfootTundra t1_irka2cy wrote

To me it depends on the crime. For some, I think rehabilitation is warranted, along with punishment of course.

Of course there are some crimes and some criminals that have no hope and just need to be kept away from society.

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