Re:Prosecutors' deal for Swartz: Felony plea and three month...
by pygy_ on Monday February 25, 2013 @08:16PM
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> It does little to prevent crime...
More often than not, it breeds criminals, by mixing minor delinquents with professional, organized criminals.
In the vein of your comment, see also this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-pris...
It does little to prevent crime; it does little to prevent recidivism; it does nothing to rehabilitate people; it's fantastically expensive.
There are a small number of people who need to be locked away to protect society.
Putting Swartz in jail was just an opportunity to wave a flag - "Strong on crime, strong on the causes of crime" and all that nonsense.