Historically in Europe, that's what punishment was. Unless you're talking about the ruler throwing someone in a dungeon to die, prison or jail was just a temporary place to hold criminals until their punishment, or during another punishment like backbreaking slave labor. I don't know why it came into fashion to give adults a "timeout" to sit in the corner until they learn their lesson.
Quakers. The inventor of the penitentiary was William Penn, of Pennsylvania fame. The idea was to put people in a quiet place alone and allow them to become penitent before god. Penitent = penitentiary.
In other words, putting people in jail is religious torture. I'm surprised no one has tried to fight it on first amendment grounds.
We do need to abolish prisons. All punishments should be fines, beatings, or death.
Historically in Europe, that's what punishment was. Unless you're talking about the ruler throwing someone in a dungeon to die, prison or jail was just a temporary place to hold criminals until their punishment, or during another punishment like backbreaking slave labor. I don't know why it came into fashion to give adults a "timeout" to sit in the corner until they learn their lesson.
Quakers. The inventor of the penitentiary was William Penn, of Pennsylvania fame. The idea was to put people in a quiet place alone and allow them to become penitent before god. Penitent = penitentiary.
In other words, putting people in jail is religious torture. I'm surprised no one has tried to fight it on first amendment grounds.