21 () posted 1 year ago by ThatsAlright 1 year ago by ThatsAlright +21 / -0 27 comments share 27 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I'm in favor** of abolishing prisons.
If someone can be 'fixed', do it with physical punishment and/or monitored release.
If someone can't be fixed, long drop, short stop, and focus those resources on someone who can.
More canings, bring back the stocks, and build gibbets in every town square.
Locking someone up for thirty years is just kicking the can down the road until it's someone else's problem.
Works well enough for Singapore.
The Bible gives a lot of varied punishments for crimes.
None of them are prison.
Isn't that interesting?
Pre-industrial societies didn't do a lot of imprisoning. Too expensive, too resource-intensive, too ineffective.
Just like today. I agree.
Singapore still imprisons people