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Originally Posted by Graham
Jerrek, we're not talking about "hardened villians" here. We're not talking about murderers or rapists or child molesters, we're talking about often teenagers who have had too much to drink and got out of hand or sprayed graffiti on walls, ie *MINOR* offences.
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Yes- these are minor offences (although physically attacking police officers and damaging public property is more than "minor" IMO).
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Originally Posted by Graham
So *why* are they going to "run away or escape" (isn't that a tautology?!). Where are they going to go? Are they going to spend their life on the run? Is there really any *NEED* to chain them up?
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I agree - in this case they are not under a custodial sentance, and can return home at the end of their working period.
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Originally Posted by Graham
They could quite easily be "tagged" with GPS transponders if you wanted to know where they were. There's no need to chain them like animals.
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Even this may be more than required in this case - after all, they have had no restrictions placed on their ability to move about in society.
In the case of hardened criminals, then maybe more would be required, as they would probably see an advantage to a life on the run, as opposed to a life in a prison cell. However we are discussing teenagers here - not hardened criminals....