[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Freedom of liberties, missing their families.

They should have considered all that before they decided do break the law.

Do you feel sorry for people who horrifically abuse children, you feel sorry for those who destroy other people's lives, who punch the daylights out of OAPs leaving them living in fear for the rest of their lives, for the drug pushers that cause untold hell on earth for many (those they supply to and those even that they don't) because they lose 'some' freedom in some things? That is part of the punishment - it's the way the cookie crumbles.

Nope, not one ounce of pity here Jack, it's not as though the idea of getting caught and banged up is a new concept.

Please refer me to the part of my post where I stated, or indeed implied that I disagreed with prisoners freedom being removed.

That was actually the point I was making, that that's all they should lose. Losing their freedoms is the punishment. Being in prison is the punishment, not that they should go to prison for their punishment. That's what I was trying to say.

And no of course I don't feel sorry for them (in most cases anyway), but that doesn't mean I don't want them to be rehabilitated. Rehabilitation is important and I think we should start focusing some more on that, because at the end of the day, the fact is most prisoners are going to be released one day, and I'd much rather them come out less likely to re-offend than more likely.

Being in prison itself should be the punishment, and then the focus should be on rehabilitation and changing these people for the better.