We hear many stories about repeat offenders, who have spent some time in jail, only to be released and re-offend.
If someone has a long, repeated history of violent offences, is it not sensible for them to be permanently restricted, for the sake of protecting the public? Perhaps a permanent prison sentence, or permanent monitoring using some kind of electronic device, or geographic restriction (exile) to a small community, etc. or at least permanent daily parole.
A sequel to this question is: many people with recurrent patterns of criminal behaviour have a low potential of being "rehabilitated". Should the first priority of a prison be to simply protect the public from dangerous individuals--accepting that some prisoners have an intractable problem that cannot be "rehabilitated"? Or do you believe that every individual prisoner should have costly, time-consuming therapy to help them change their ways, so they can rejoin society?
2006-07-13
07:21:23
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garth_d
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