While this system may give the victim some temporary relief that that offender has been punished, it also has the risk of turning someone who had a more minor charge, or even someone who made an honest mistake into a hardened criminal.
By sending the person into a prison, where the majority of the people they meet and interact with on a daily basis are other criminals, they may learn how to commit more serious and dangerous crimes.
the satire cartoon Family Guy actually went over this in one of their episodes. In the episode, Meg, the teenage daughter of the family, went to prison. when she was released, she turned into a serious criminal who assaulted and robed many people, including her own family
Note: the above clip is extremely violent and uses strong language.
While that clip may be an extreme example, it is not far from the truth. many people that are sent to jail actually come out worse than they were before. in fact, in the last 3 months of 2007, 75% of adult inmates released from a provincial jail were charged with another offence within 2 years.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ejvh43ogvg
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/01/169732840/when-crime-pays-prison-can-teach-some-to-be-better-criminals
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2010/03/02/13089631.html
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