What to do with the extreme crimes? Did you know my country has a theoretical maximum penalty of 30 years? You could pull out a terrorist attack killing thousands, and you would still get 30 years. I remember a case of a man who raped and killed a woman, he got the same sentence, but after 16 years he was released on "good conduct". First thing he tried to do was rape a prostitute (prostitution is not a crime here), back to prison for some months i guess...
i would consider that things could b done
for instance if a man kills 3 people. in a country that has 30year max thats 3 charges thus 90 years
for sexual assault
you could have like non-violent touching of a non consenting adult X
you could have like non-violent touching of a non consenting child XX
you could have like violent touching of a non consenting adult XX
you could have like violent touching of a non consenting child XXX
and then multiplied by the number of incidences
not just incidence meaning occassions it occured but also, adding other charges of a single occassion where person was threated, tied up a weapon was involved. it all adds up
thus a butt grab is not treated the same as a violent rape at knife point
I think there are cases where both forced labor and perhaps capital punishment is required. For the lesser crimes your ideas are not bad at all. We have absurd things like people getting years imprisoned over downloading some movie, that is ridiculous.
For those that get "life sentences" capital punishment could be considered. Rape could be dealt bible style with some good old fashioned castration, perhaps only for repeat offenders (or more than one victim without doubts).
i would be ok with castration for sexually based physical acts like rape
as for just being caught drinking at a bar and on the way caught short peeing in a bush treated as a sexual offense. i think would be rediculous to then give same punishment as a rapist
I don't know if "penal colonies" could have some use in certain circumstances, for "medium" or "light" crimes. I know in some Nordic country they have what essentially looks like a resort, they are sent to some island and live kinda like that Prisoner sci-fi show (without the interrogations). On the opposite you get countries like mine where the prisons are so hellish, you either become super criminal in there or die, period. So get caught in a protest and your chance of coming out like a blood thirsty killer is high. And yeah, they throw everyone together in conditions that would be too extreme to tell here.
i dont see being plugged into a 'matrix' style system to live out your punishment. or being put into hibernation/frozn for prison length (movies like demolition man and minority report concepts)
though cheaper to monitor if they are all 'asleep' thus wont need guards i still think being awake and in a position to reflect on what they done should be prioritised rather than just getting through their sentance.
so rehab neds to be part of it, if there was to be any consideration of 'early release'
i think for early release bing just not doing bad stuff in prison.. is stupid. doing time by default should be that you dont do anything bad. and i think if you do do bad stuff in prison your time is extended
Perhaps some are suited for rural labor, tending a farm and things like that.
I don't know if people could truly rehab or not given different conditions, in the first place they should be separated from society to prevent them (physically) harming people, then comes the next part of what to do with them. Some things like tax evasion should not be putting people behind bars, that is plain stupid (same as copyright infringers).
yes physical harm neds separating from society. whether its domestic abuse, a punch up, rape murder. obviously separate from society. but the time scales should be based on the harm done multiplied by how many incidences
as for non violent crimes well it cant be just a fine, there should be other things. even things not even tried before
i know things like running a ponzi also has things like not allowed to be a CEO again or not allowed to work in the finance section of an industry or company
but i still think financial crimes that are fins should be related to incomes. EG not a set $500 fine for a speeding ticket but instead $500 for minimum wage with it incrementing up in multiples of what income that person has
because some rich lambo owners think the price of hiring a private race track is more expensive than just driving normal roads and take the risk getting caught, so they just drive fast on public roads