RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Tuesday, 03-May-16 03:15:04 UTC
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@delores Prison is pointless as it is. It doesn't reform anything, they're idle inside, learning tricks from eachother, go out with no new work skills, and commit crimes again. It's just a terrible drain on taxpayer money. For prison to be useful it'd require forced labour and charging the criminal for room and food, as well as covering the indemnization to victims of his or her crime. What's left of the earnings after that, let the prisoner keep in a savings account until release so they have some money to live and they don't have to commit crime again, or send it to family, or spend it in better living conditions inside jail. A few years like that, with living conditions directly related to effort and efficiency in work, and the prisoner will be convinced working is the best way to have a steady and comfortable life. And what's better, after a bit it costs the state nothing.
