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What's the point of jail?

We spend so much tax moneh on it and jailbirds still can't be enslaved anymore in America. I get why it used to be a thing back then because it was slavery by another name. But now that times have changed, why are prisons used and no other forms of punishment? 🤔

If someone steals a bike or breaks someone's glass or pushes someone, why do we take years from their life instead of just simply punishing them? Do you know how long years are? Even worse, they network with other criminals even worse than they are and they're not in there teaching each other to behave 😂

Why do we take years and decades from people's lives in response to something small or simple? ,_,
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Adstar · 56-60, M
Prisons is a place you remove people from society to protect the public from individuals who cannot function in society without stealing, killing or being generally violent..

Most members of the public who can function in society without breaking laws and threatening the property and lives of others are willing to pay taxes to fund the detention of people who make their lives suck by their law breaking behavior..

Of course Most people do not like High Cost penal systems which most of the western world penal systems have become.. Many would like to see a self sufficient penal system and see taxes diverted elsewhere..