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Prison may also act as a deterrent if they were places where daily life didn't seem to be so easy
Having seen - in my professional capacity - the homes some young offenders come from, prison/young offenders institutes are actually a good place to be. They are provided with 3 meals a day, a room of their own complete with television, and quite often access to game consoles (xbox or similar) and the internet. Given this, it's no surprise that a lot of them keep re-offending.I think we should have the sort of regime in our penal system as that Sheriff in (I think) Arizona where they are made to work doing things like litter picking on the roadside, only 2 channels on the TV (Disney & the weather channel "so they can see how hot it's going to be").