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Originally Posted by Platapus
Maybe there should be a balance between punishment and rehabilitation.
But it is so easy to just claim "these people can never be rehabilitated" and the problem cycle continues.
I guess punishment is cheaper than rehabilitation and that affects the profit bottom line.
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Punishment may be cheaper in the short run, but if the claimed Dutch re-offending rates are at all representative, they must be saving money in the long term. And cutting crime too. Which is the reason for jailing people in the first place.