I'm not familiar with Singapore's practices or crime rates.
They Americans incarcerate more people, give harsher prison sentences, don't treat their prisoners as well and have the death penalty yet they have more crime than we do. Is it not possible that harsh punishments can lead to more crime?
Answer the question I posed earlier please. Would a guy stuck in a box for 5 years have a better chance to become a normal person than the other guy who was treated humanely? Yes or no.
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