Effectiveness of prison

russotto · 03-12-2004, 03:07 PM

Prisons are less than worthless for rehabilitation. Go in a criminal, come out a worse criminal... or a gang-raped AIDS-infected shell of a person.

Prisons don't seem to work for deterrence, though I suspect that's because most criminals don't figure on getting caught.

Prisons do keep criminals from committing crimes against most people for the time they're in prison. That seems to be about it.

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03-12-2004, 03:07 PM	#5
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Prisons are less than worthless for rehabilitation. Go in a criminal, come out a worse criminal... or a gang-raped AIDS-infected shell of a person. Prisons don't seem to work for deterrence, though I suspect that's because most criminals don't figure on getting caught. Prisons do keep criminals from committing crimes against most people for the time they're in prison. That seems to be about it.

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