[xdennis]

The primary reason to lock people up is punishment. It's crime and punishment, not crime and deterrence, or crime and reform, or crime and efficient use of taxpayers' money.

Those are all nice-to-haves, but justice is an equal exchange of bad things done by you to bad things done to you.

[pitaj]

I disagree. Punishment is not justice.

[jonny_eh]

Never? What if it keeps a criminal from committing future crimes?