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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Is the goal more prison cells or fewer prisoners? St. Pete Times

December 14, 2008
By Howard Troxler

The way to deal with crime is to put criminals in prison. If we need more prisons, we will build them.

The purpose of prison is to punish and to protect society — not to rehabilitate.

For the past quarter-century or so, this has been the stated policy of Florida.
Florida was a leader among the states

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