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Re:I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010) by skookumchuck on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:14PM (#14562893)
Punishment of criminals does nothing to help the victims. The justice system should be about:

1. restitution (where possible)

2. removal of criminals from society so they cannot continue to harm others

3. re-integration of such people back into society when they are no longer a threat

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Re:I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010) by CrowCrowCrow on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:58AM (#14567330)
As a counter to your opening point - it certainly helped me. It made me feel safer and I had a sense of justice. Not saying it's the same for everyone or that it's necessarily a good thing but the punishment of the person committing the act helped me to move on.
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