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We seem to continually suffer from interference from Europe when it comes to sentencing guilty parties
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Care to justify that rather bizarre assertion?
1) We have the highest prison population in Europe and badly overcrowded prisons
2) This is because we jail so many people
3) Funnily enough, we do seem to let out well-behaved prisoners early
I do wonder if those are related in some way with no involvement from 'Europe' at all. Find another scapegoat.
Remember the judge sets the sentence - the prison service and Home Office decide when the prisoner should be released. Criminals aren't allowed to profit from their crimes directly, AFAIK. I don't think King (who I detest almost as much for his slavish Thatcherite opinions as for his kiddie fiddling) will be intending to write a book about 'How To Bugger Boys For Fun And Profit'. Remember that Archer came out with his prison diaries rather than his reminiscenses of lying in court about prostitutes. I'd anticipate some unpleasant gloating tome about running the prison entertainments or whatever he did, and no hint of remorse.
Good behaviour/early release - well, is prison a punishment or a way of changing criminals into law abiding citizens. I think both, which is why you have to have an incentive to change your behaviour.