@Enzyme
But surely we have to cling to the idea that prison is a place for reform as much as it is for punishment, and hope that every so often, one convict will realise it's time he turned his life around, and becomes a decent citizen after eventual release? (Even if this is a very rose-tinted view of what actually happens.)

Let's face it, some people have to sink pretty low before they decide to do something with their lives, and if for some people that amounts to being locked behind bars and spending their morning shower avoiding bumrape then I suppose that's what the prisons are there for.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 10:52, Reply)