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Spain's government wants people to be "scared of the system"

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Hood Crawler:
I have always thought that harsher punishment for crimes would result in less crime.  Jail alone is not a deference to criminals.

Matty:

--- Quote from: Hood Crawler on April 29, 2012, 02:18:09 PM ---I have always thought that harsher punishment for crimes would result in less crime.  Jail alone is not a deference to criminals.

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problem now is the real criminals have pretty good control of the legal system. more money, more influence, more access to rewrite laws. somewhat of a conspiracy. but lower level crime, i think harsher deterrents are a decent idea...seems to work in some countries. but keeping people in prisons is very profitable too, so again its not that simple. the 'prison industrial complex' ir huge in the US :0

V2DHeart:
Agree on that, and I always want harsher punishments, grubbier jails, angrier and less patient guards and so on.

On the other hand, there are some prisons we have here in Scotland that employ hundreds. Then you have the health-care within them which can sometimes be better than the health-care you'd get from the NHS. Better waiting times etc, and to rush to make you better to get you back inside. The speakers, the educational lecturers that provide classes, quality inspectors, local involvement and training opportunities for the local communities around the prisons, plus loads more. They offer a lot of jobs and opportunities for people running on the bureaucratic system it works as at the moment.

I guess if they were to work harsher and like 3rd world prisons, we wouldn't have half the people working in them, which wouldn't be good during these economic times

Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation):
i had an egg-cream for the first time in my life today. i liked it

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