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Originally Posted by valo403
I think that would be legitimate if we were talking about operating rock quarrys by hand, but highway crews? Labor can even be of help with rehabilitation if used correctly, if you can teach a misfit kid a skill or at least give him some self worth through work I'd say you've taken a big step towards avoiding repeated offenses.
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I agree, even though I always thought that moving a pile of rocks by hand all day for 5 years would be excellent punishment.
I have seen minor offenders doing garbage cleanup here in Calgary, but I don't think there's any revenue generated by that for the prison system.
I would love to see the idea of voluntary sentences like they used to do in the juvy system. You can serve 5 years at an institute, or 3 years at labor.
I used to like the army sentence to, where they would send you to join the army, but I don't know if we want some gang banger who shot a girl in the mall in the army.