On 23 Jun 2004 13:40:26 GMT, (Teacherjh)
wrote:

A far better solution
would be to teach them the meaning of the word 'restitution.' That
way they truly pay for their crimes, and their victims are
compensated.


Assuming you mean with money, where do they get this money? If they work for
it, that displaces other workers. If they don't work for it, this uses up
paper and green ink.


Oh, there you go thinking logically grin. Far better minds than
mine have given the concept of convict restitution a lot of thought.
Here's a clue: http://tinyurl.com/22c25