• PenguinJuice
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    01 year ago

    That seems counterintuitive. What do you do? Ask people pretty please not to commit crimes?

    • FARTYSHARTBLAST
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      21 year ago

      People still get in trouble, but punishments don’t need to be very severe to still work. While it might seem counterintuitive, harsh sentences seem to increase recidivism and hurts society at large. This is also true for harsh conditions in prisons.