punishment or rehabilitation?

It's pretty sad to see the kind of self-righteous and vengefull attitudes on display here. Prisons are supposed to be as much about rehabilitation as they are about punishment. Teaching kids new skills and giving them a sense of accomplishment are ways to build character, and that is a way to lessen the chance of re-offending. Treat people like animals, they become animals.
At some point these kids will be back on the streets, and i for one would rather see them out with an education and some skills, most of you would seemingly prefer to see them embittered by 'hard time', so they can come out and take revenge on a society which couldn't care less about them.

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