Originally Posted by GothicGothicness 
Well, the problem with our system is that the criminals we have are mostly the same, very few come out from prison and stop committing crimes, so I would say the system is a failure. I would like to see some kind of system where you try your best to rehabilitate people, than put them on the radar after they are free and if they commit another serious crime they'd get a much longer punishment.
Oh, we have many problems with our system - but I don't think many of us really want to re-introduce barbarism.