Do you think they should abolish prison systems in favor of other punishments?

Question

I believe so. I believe it should be 'eye for eye, tooth for tooth' punishment. By sending criminals to prison, you only make the law abiding citizens and victims pay for their lodging and meals. If men beat someone, they should be given a public beating. If men murder, they should be put to death in public. This will put fear in the people to not do these types of things. If they steal, they should be forced to pay back double or more of what they stole. Prison sentences are never commanded by God but are the inventions of men.

Answer 1

That's ridiculous and I'll leave it at that

Answer 2

Have you ever heard the phrase "two wrongs don't make a right"? This is the case with the eye-for-an-eye theory. It won't work. A man murders another. His punishment is he is put to death. How does his death justify the death of his victim? How can the second crime justify the first? A man beats up another. His punishment is he gets a public beating. Again, how does the punishment justify the original act? It doesn't. It seems with that theory, crime justifies the "legal" means to the same crime.

Prison systems should be changed. Right now, they have the latest electronic equipment and amenities that you'd find in many hotels. It's all about "humane" treatment of prisoners. What they should do is give the prisoners the basic necessities and that's it. Give them an old cot and a discarded blanket. Give them only enough food to meet the nutritional requirements needed to survive. Who cares if the food tastes like crap? If they need gym equipment, give them the broken discards from schools and let them make due with what they have. No more computers or TVs. No more books or cards. And the only people they should have contact with outside the prison are their lawyers. Let prison be hard for them. For good behavior, prisoners don't get out early. They are allowed the priviledge of joining a work party. Let them clean up the litter on the streets. Let them do the menial jobs no one wants. Let them not only serve out thier punishment with hard work, but also provide a service to the betterment of the community. I would like to think that would be a better way of dealing with crime.

Answer 3

sure. I stay in Texas, and that i supported capital punishment for a lengthy time, however the extra I discovered approximately it, the extra I got here to oppose it. interior the tip, quite a few aspects replaced my thoughts: - blunders happen. seeing that 1973 interior the U.S., 138 human beings have been launched from dying row with data of their innocence. those are all people who have been stumbled on responsible "previous a existence like doubt." A existence sentence is reversible. An execution isn't. - cost - by criminal equipment designed to cut back wrongful executions (and the great rate of dying row incarceration), it expenses taxpayers lots extra to execute somebody than to imprison them for existence. - it is not a deterrent - violent crime quotes are consistently bigger in dying penalty jurisdictions. - it rather is unevenly and arbitrarily utilized. - by fact the U.S. is between the final ultimate international locations with capital punishment, many different international places refuse to extradite basic criminals who could be status trial right here. - It fosters a existence-style of violence via declaring that killing is a suitable answer to a topic. - existence without parole (LWOP) is on the books in maximum states now (all different than Alaska), and it potential what it says. people who get this sentence are taken off the streets. For sturdy. - As Voltaire as quickly as wrote, "enable the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged guy is sturdy for no longer something; a guy condemned to public works nevertheless serves the rustic, and is a dwelling lesson." - whether you’re a hardened criminal or a central authority representing the folk, killing yet another person is misguided. era. “He did it first” isn't a valid excuse.

Answer 4

Turn it up that's barbaric!!! thats what saddam did & its wicked
just build more jails & keep the real vicious in there for life, they keep commiting crime for the reasons
1 most murders are domestic i think
then drugs is the next reason
2 they think they won't get caught!!! thats the main reason why your suggestions would not work
3 those that plan also think, Well they will be out of jail in a few years so they dont really care about going to jail so they need to be kept there for life
Come on Sandstorm they are human beings (not some insect) that have gone bad but that's no excuse to kill them, we are not God & killing & bashing them makes you no better than them

Answer 5

Most inmates will be released. Which do you want in your community? An angry, hopeless man who was left to rot in an overcrowded, inhumane prison, or someone who has hope for a decent future because he learned some life and job skills while imprisoned, and who was given support and developed a plan for transition to the outside?

In the Pasadena Star News today Barbara Miller wrote, ".....California voters approved Proposition 36, which diverts nonviolent drug offenders to treatment instead of incarceration. This has resulted in a 32 percent drop in the number of people incarcerated for drug possession, saving the state $1.3 billion.

In the state's 2007-2008 budget, our governor proposes cutting funds for drug treatment, and proposes spending $11 billion to build 78,000 more prison beds.

Restorative justice does not meet evil with evil. Restorative justice asks, "How do we heal the harm?" not "how do we punish the criminal?"

Let us commit ourselves to the healing process of restorative justice; to reparation rather than retribution. Let us spend our money on prevention and rehabilitation.

Please call your state legislators and the governor and urge them to increase funding for drug treatment and mental health services, and to oppose building more prisons. "

No one is suggesting crimes go unpublished. However, we need to address the issue of the incarcerated mentally ill. And, we know rehabilitation programs, sentencing and parole reforms would make us all safer and safe us millions of dollars.

Answer 6

There are instances where eye for an eye is an attractive option.

However, I don't have the heart for retribution. I'll let the law continue to deal with these problems, and let karma do the rest (ie, let the inmates take care of the child molesters).

Answer 7

Yeah, let them start lopping off body parts.

We'd be rolling in prision funds. Probably elimate the National Debt.

And crime.

Good idea.

Answer 8

I'm a Christian, & I know that it's wrong, but I believe that way too. If you rape someone, you should have your sexual organs chopped off. If you steal, you should have your hand chopped off. If you murder, you should have your head chopped off. If you burn someone, you should be burnt.

It's harsh, but that's the way it should be. Crime would be down & people wouldn't step out of line very often.

I'm very strict. Of course I don't chop peoples hands off, but I don't let the children I babysit step out of line very often w/o punishment. I rarly have to yell, the just do what they know is right now w/o being asked. They still love me, which is what people seem to be amazed at. They hug & kiss me all the time, & tell me they love me often. I love them too, & that's why I'm so strict on them, b/c I want them to be good, decent people. I don't take crap.

If the world was run like that, there wouldn't be very many dictators or much crime. That's my thought.

Answer 9

yeah that might work for some crimes, but other crimes, they should really be locked up and have the key thrown away!

Answer 10

I think if we started doing public hangings people would start straightening up.