Derek Ortt wrote:I still perfer my solution. It would also be much more cost effective. Today, it costs far more than it should to house a convicted felon and the cost of execution is too high. Too many rights are given to criminals. Child killers should have the right to be called by number, given 2 750 calorie meals per day, the right to do 12 horus of hard labor each and every day, and the right to be punished for each and every mistake
perhaps that would serve as a deterrant to others, since execution is not exactly doing this now
I would agree that it probably costs more than it should to house prisoners, but I suspect my solutions and yours would differ. With respect to violent crimes such as this, however, I would not want to show any leniency on sending them to prison for a long time (up to life without parole). I also have no problem with prisoners having 12 hour days of hard physical labor. I wouldn't, however, mock the concept of rights by calling forms of punishment "rights" (especially when there have been cases of people who are in prison that later are shown to be innocent of the crimes for which they were incarcerated). On the issue of punishment for every mistake, I don't agree with you without knowing specifics w/r/t mistakes or punsihments.
As to the calorie requirements in the meals, I don't know enough about human nutrition, to know whether or not a person can survive on 1500 calories a day under such circumstances, and I see no point in trying to negatively impact their health (outside of cases where the death penalty applies) the punishments of hard labor and confinement, for years on end is sufficent in my opinion. I would agree that prisons shouldn't have cable TV in them (at least not for the prisoners) and that the facilities should be rather Spartan in nature, but I don't support anything that goes in the direction of torturing prisoners or trying to destroy their physical health.