On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:46:29 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Condoning lawlessness within the nation's prison systems is
reprehensible as it condones crime not the rule of law.

I agree.


At last, the voice of reason. Thank you.

The intent of punishment for criminal behavior should be
rehabilitation, not vengeance.

Punishment is not necessarily vengeance.

Rehabilitation is not vengeance.


But intentionally permitting the anal rape of inmates to intensify the
repugnance of incarceration is a form of vengeance, IMO.

Tossing someone in jail also (should) have a side-effect of protecting
society from a criminal (at least until rehabilitated).

If the convicted criminal is removed from society and jailed, the
public is protected from that criminal until s/he is released. Or am
I overlooking something?