Cable Forum - View Single Post - Should Jail terms of six months or less should be scrapped?

tweetiepooh · 14-01-2019, 10:23

Me thinks that abolishing the short term sentences are being looked at because they can mean the prisoner loses much - family, job, home - and also "learns" in gaol how to do the bad things better.

The upshot is that it doesn't reform the criminal but makes them worse. So someone given a few weeks for shoplifting comes out more likely to repeat or escalate.

Habitual criminals can and should be sentenced to imprisonment but that likely should be longer term.

For some cultures that have an honour/shame motivation some form of public shaming could work better than a simple punishment.

14-01-2019, 10:23	#21
tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM XXL TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,115	Re: Should Jail terms of six months or less should be scrapped? Me thinks that abolishing the short term sentences are being looked at because they can mean the prisoner loses much - family, job, home - and also "learns" in gaol how to do the bad things better. The upshot is that it doesn't reform the criminal but makes them worse. So someone given a few weeks for shoplifting comes out more likely to repeat or escalate. Habitual criminals can and should be sentenced to imprisonment but that likely should be longer term. For some cultures that have an honour/shame motivation some form of public shaming could work better than a simple punishment. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.