There's no point in jail.

That would entail getting rid of poverty and that would entail socialism, and as thesmartidiot has reminded us, socialists are scum.quiglythegreat

Meh....I don't know.

Think about it along with the death sentencecamreeno360

what's the point?camreeno360

So we put people into jail as punishment for them doing something we don't likecamreeno360

But why not stop the bad influences in the first place that made the person do the bad thing?camreeno360

Therefore none of the bad would be able to develop.camreeno360

No one ever thinks of that. camreeno360

And why are people shoved into a can of hell for a given amount of time instead of going through rehabilitation.camreeno360

Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.Custodian405

[QUOTE="quiglythegreat"]That would entail getting rid of poverty and that would entail socialism, and as thesmartidiot has reminded us, socialists are scum.FinneyCalc

I agree completely.yoshi-lnex

[QUOTE="FinneyCalc"][QUOTE="quiglythegreat"]That would entail getting rid of poverty and that would entail socialism, and as thesmartidiot has reminded us, socialists are scum.Custodian405

[QUOTE="Custodian405"]Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.yoshi-lnex

[QUOTE="yoshi-lnex"][QUOTE="Custodian405"]Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.Custodian405

[QUOTE="Custodian405"]Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.yoshi-lnex

[QUOTE="yoshi-lnex"][QUOTE="Custodian405"]Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.Custodian405

[QUOTE="FinneyCalc"][QUOTE="quiglythegreat"]That would entail getting rid of poverty and that would entail socialism, and as thesmartidiot has reminded us, socialists are scum.Custodian405

[QUOTE="FinneyCalc"][QUOTE="quiglythegreat"]That would entail getting rid of poverty and that would entail socialism, and as thesmartidiot has reminded us, socialists are scum.Custodian405

i think the death sentence should be used more often...cuz keeping people is jail for live sentences is just wasting our money and it will help with overpopulationChuman231

[QUOTE="Chuman231"]i think the death sentence should be used more often...cuz keeping people is jail for live sentences is just wasting our money and it will help with overpopulationyoshi-lnex

[QUOTE="yoshi-lnex"][QUOTE="Chuman231"]i think the death sentence should be used more often...cuz keeping people is jail for live sentences is just wasting our money and it will help with overpopulationChuman231

and like I said, all major countrys have negative population growths, in a few years we will be seeing a negative population growth.

[QUOTE="Custodian405"]Whos to say that rehabilitation will be 100% successful? So some guy kills somone. He is sent to rehab for, lets say, a year. He comes out of rehab and goes and kills someone again. Not saying that jail will change his psyche and stop him from killing again but at least he will be in there for a longer time and actually contribute to society by making license plates or wahtever.yoshi-lnex

Think about it along with the death sentence, what's the point? So we put people into jail as punishment for them doing something we don't like. But why not stop the bad influences in the first place that made the person do the bad thing? Therefore none of the bad would be able to develop. No one ever thinks of that. And why are people shoved into a can of hell for a given amount of time instead of going through rehabilitation. All it's doing is taking them out of the world when they'll start up again. Just a quick topic so not expecting a lot.camreeno360

Yes there is a point to jail. You are suggesting we throw away individual responsibility. It's not the person who mugs someone at gunpoint, it's poverty right? Wrong; people make choices and have a choice. Rich people commit murder too. Education is great, but at some point we humans need to take responsibility for what we do to others.

A) You're assuming human nature is always good. Look at all the wars in history; human nature is good and bad.

B) Jail keeps a phiscally dangerous person from being able to hurt people (while that person is in jail)

C) Jail is punishment. Have you ever been mugged or beaten? I doubt that you have, because then you would understand that justice is also about punishment. Rehab is not justice for someone who intentionally murders someone. There are war criminals who starved thousands to death, and it's justice for the memory of the suffering that the war criminal is punished.

D) Jail deters crime. People are motivated by fear more than by being rewarded (sad but true). Jail and punishment are there to deter criminal activity too. Many people don't commit crimes soley because of their fear of going to jail -think of the good that comes from that. 

It's sad that we have jails, but their necessity is the reality of human nature.

[QUOTE="camreeno360"]Think about it along with the death sentenceCarlos_Santana

what's the point?camreeno360

So we put people into jail as punishment for them doing something we don't likecamreeno360

But why not stop the bad influences in the first place that made the person do the bad thing?camreeno360

Therefore none of the bad would be able to develop.camreeno360

No one ever thinks of that. camreeno360

And why are people shoved into a can of hell for a given amount of time instead of going through rehabilitation.camreeno360