Remember that most crimes are committed by people who have already been in jail or prison.

If you look at it solely from a statistical standpoint, a prison sentence increases the probability that a given offender will commit additional crimes.

Granted, he won't commit any more crimes while he's on the inside, except against other inmates. But you can't give everyone life, so you got to figure out something that has some real chance of turning them around.

I don't know what that is, either.

Peter.