Quote Originally Posted by maddogslater View Post
An interesting question and comparison, the lockdown is causing me anguish and feelings of claustrophobia, I imagine it must be a lot worse being incarcerated.
Of course some people need to be there but we should be treating them with dignity and trying to rehabilitate them. In the US prison is a big corporate money maker.
I think that most decent people would find being locked in prison very hard to take, unfortunately most prisoners aren't decent people, most have committed many offences before being locked up & have refused any efforts to be rehabilitated. I once employed a 20 year old who had committed dozens of crimes & undergone counselling (which he laughed about) & probation before finally serving 12 months in prison, he obviously hadn't learned his lesson & showed no fear of going back inside, he frequently turned up in "dodgy" cars & when we let him go he returned to rob our premises. The time for rehabilitation is before these people get set in their ways & imo prison should be unpleasant enough to convince offenders that they don't want to return. I have 2 uncles in the prison service & they both agree that especially for young offenders prisons are little more than youth clubs where they can meet like minded people & brag about their exploits.