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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Escapee, should prisons be a place to lock people up for a set period of time and then release them, or should they be a place to lock people up for a set period of time and educate them so that they don't need to rely on crime to get by when released?
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Prison shouldn't offer them a better life than what they have outside, if that happens when released they are happy to commit crime and live off the proceeds and be glad to go back inside.
A percentage of criminals can be taught the error of their ways and turn over a new leaf, I would never suggest that these criminals should not be encouraged to do so. However we have another type of criminal who will never change their ways, because prison is no deterrent to them.
The majority of us on this forum would not commit the crime because we fear the outcome, loss of priveledges and danger etc. The people who have nothing to loose have no deterrent and making the establishment that is supposed to dish out punishment nice and cosy compared to their life, outside can only encourage them to fight their way back in.
I'm off to Tesco now to collect some computer for prison vouchers!