why?
if removal of freedom doesn't do it, whether you are being forced to smash rocks 12 hours a day won't either.

People don't stop being criminals because of "fear of prison". Most criminals don't think they will be caught.

Rehabilitation, chut dawg. that's where it's at.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:00, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Only the stupid ones get caught.....

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:02, Reply)

but at least they might do something useful whilst in prison if they were smashing rocks
they should use repeat offenders for testing on, rather than animals. nothing bad, like drugs, just cosmetics. a nice stint of having to mince around the exercise yard in cherry red lipstick and matching twinkling nails should be a nice treat for some, punishment for others...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:04, Reply)

If you want to wear make up
it should be tested on something you love, not that you despise. I'm all for shoving stuff in the eyes of bunnies. Make it kittens or puppies, even better. Or ducklings. You want that look, suffer some guilt for it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:06, Reply)

i only want to look better because MEN and SOCIETY

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:07, Reply)

No, you want to wear paint because WOMEN and COSMO.
Straight men usually don't give a fuck, and by "society" you mean "what your shrivelled-ovary overlord harridans tell you to do"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:11, Reply)

Also, I'm about to go and teach so I can't stay around for this
but why should they do something useful? Vast precentages of humanity do nothing "useful" in their day to day lives. Why should prisoners be made to do it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:09, Reply)

I'm being pretty useless right now

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:10, Reply)

maybe you're right
let's just harvest their organs instead?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:13, Reply)

Isn't that down to more the individuals psyche?
(watch us wreck the mike)

I would certainly be deterred from committing a crime again if I was in a bleak cell on a day to day basis.

Rehab is for quitters.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:08, Reply)

yeah but (I assume) you wouldn't do the crime in the first place
so you're not really a relevant example.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:09, Reply)

yeah but it's not just a deterant is it, it's so the public/victims feel they have got justice
50/50 sentencing, 50% pain and humiliation 50% rehabilitation.

Simple
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:28, Reply)