Are open jails a good option?

June 7, 2016 9:47am CST
Reformation is the greatest reasoning for life imprisonment or simple or rigorous imprisonment. In India in certain jails there is a new concept of open jails. the prisoners dont wear shackles, they dont stay in cells. They stay within a compound. They do useful work. After the period of stay in the open jail is over they get back to society. Is it a good option?
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
7 Jun 16
If the compound is in the middle of the desert, then yes. I don't think criminals are trustworthy enough to keep their word and stay in jail. That's part of the reason they're there in the first place...because they can't be trusted.
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
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8 Jun 16
But some of the open jails in India and few in USA are doing well. Criminals hardly escape from those jails.
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
8 Jun 16
@sathviksouvik What keeps them there? Because one would tend to assume that a criminal would have no honor.
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
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9 Jun 16
@Genipher Thanks Genipher there are security guards in the gates. The prisoners cannot go out. But within the campus, they work, they sell products, outsiders buy their products, they dont live in cells.