On the other hand, I think prisons like Norway should be the standard; somewhere to continue your daily life, while giving also reflecting and reform one’s self from their criminal past.
In general, prisons should be more based around positive and negative reinforcement, not destruction of one’s life.
I share almost all of your sentiments. Prisons and incarceration in general should just be one aspect of bettering society, through reform, work release, parole, community service, therapy. Most people are pretty decent when it comes down to it and when they are given a chance to get better.
Part of me agrees that Breivik should have been executed, but another part of me thinks that would be the easy way out, and he should have to suffer for decades.
The longer I think about it the harder I find it justified to spend so many resources on making someone suffer for the horrible things they’ve done. Even if he was actually suffering and not fake suffering to try and get better entertainment I think its only asking for more trouble to keep around a far-right reactionary that’s been stewing inside their own head for this long.
Edit: To followup this isn’t to say that I’m in favor of the death penalty in general. I’m not, except in extreme circumstances like these where the evidence is so overwhelming that there is no possible question as to the guilt of the accused and the harm caused is abnormally large in scope and scale.
China does suspended death sentences. If in a 2 year period after your sentencing new charges come to light, you will get the death sentence. I think the point is to incentivize the guilty to admit to all their crimes and not hide anything from the prosecution. I don’t know how well it works as I don’t have data but on paper at least it makes sense. If you get life in prison for your 10 crimes, you might as well admit to the other 4 since the only way it can get worse for you is for police to find out about them and your life in prison turns into death. It’s not a scenario where you gain anything by not talking.
Breivik should’ve been shot, point blank
On the other hand, I think prisons like Norway should be the standard; somewhere to continue your daily life, while giving also reflecting and reform one’s self from their criminal past.
In general, prisons should be more based around positive and negative reinforcement, not destruction of one’s life.
I share almost all of your sentiments. Prisons and incarceration in general should just be one aspect of bettering society, through reform, work release, parole, community service, therapy. Most people are pretty decent when it comes down to it and when they are given a chance to get better.
Part of me agrees that Breivik should have been executed, but another part of me thinks that would be the easy way out, and he should have to suffer for decades.
The longer I think about it the harder I find it justified to spend so many resources on making someone suffer for the horrible things they’ve done. Even if he was actually suffering and not fake suffering to try and get better entertainment I think its only asking for more trouble to keep around a far-right reactionary that’s been stewing inside their own head for this long.
Edit: To followup this isn’t to say that I’m in favor of the death penalty in general. I’m not, except in extreme circumstances like these where the evidence is so overwhelming that there is no possible question as to the guilt of the accused and the harm caused is abnormally large in scope and scale.
China does suspended death sentences. If in a 2 year period after your sentencing new charges come to light, you will get the death sentence. I think the point is to incentivize the guilty to admit to all their crimes and not hide anything from the prosecution. I don’t know how well it works as I don’t have data but on paper at least it makes sense. If you get life in prison for your 10 crimes, you might as well admit to the other 4 since the only way it can get worse for you is for police to find out about them and your life in prison turns into death. It’s not a scenario where you gain anything by not talking.