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Originally Posted by Canada 02
First, we clearly do NOT treat criminals badly - we treat them very well. Secondly, I'm not a criminologist. I have no idea what effect the method of punishment has on the amount of crime that is perpetrated - I doubt it is such an 'easy concept'
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I know we don't treat them badly. I never said we did.
It is an easy concept. Here's a hypothetical. Take 2 guys, all things being equal, and lock them up for 5 years.
Put one guy in a 10 X 12 cell with a tv, decent food, a couple hours of exercise, books, maybe some therapy or training, human contact, weekly visitors and a shower every other day.
Take the other guy, lock him in an 5 X 6 cell with a toilet and feed him a little bit of crappy food. Hose him down once a week.
5 years later you let them both out. Which one do you think will have a better chance at getting back into normal society? Becoming a normal person is, after all, the goal.