Galaki on 22 February 2010
Prison costs a lot of money and that money comes from taxes, which, are from us.
I think prison should be used for violent crimes and the more serious ones.
Meanwhile, the non-voilent ones, we could use some sort of public shaming as a form of punishment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_humiliation
I think this method is much more effective than just stuffing people in jail wasting our tax dollars.
This method of punishment is actually very popular in the past. It is cost effective (zero) and it leaves an emotional scar deep enough to stop people doing it again.
Why and when was this stopped? Prison lobby?
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