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Originally Posted by danielf
Well, the way I see it is that a prison sentence is clearly in order, but you also have to wonder about this kid's chances of turning his life around after he gets out of jail. I don't think there is much of a difference between an 8 and 12 years (nominal) sentence in terms of deterrent for future crimes. I suspect the likelihood of his re-offending is more likely to be determined by his ability to make something of his life when he gets out, and I don't think that will be positively affected by putting him away for longer.
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Actually research has shown we aren't locking people up long enough, anything under 2 years is a waste of time and in our jails I hardly think anyone doing 6 or 8 years is going to get institutionalised, we know what to do but to save a few quid we cut corners and it costs us so much more in the long run, for a start no prisoner sould imo leave jail without being able to read, write and do some sums and no prisoner would leave jail thinking his only option is crime, I worked with young offenders and for some reason they had it in the heads that crime was the only thing they could do.
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Originally Posted by danielf
Do we have these in the UK?  |
Kind of, the judge takes into account how helpful you have been to the police in clearing up their crime rate and sentences you accordingly.