Talk about dumb questions...

"Is prison really the best place for criminals?" (a discussion point on a news site)

Gee... of course not.

Criminals - in prison? Shocking! Imagine putting them in a place where they cant rob, steal, mug, cheat, rape and otherwise make the lives of innocent people a misery! Isnt that against human rights or something?

Let's just lock law-abiding people away so that they cant interfere with the unlawful activities of criminals or otherwise inconvenience them. Why put the anti-socials to the trouble of having to sue householders because they dared defend themselves, their homes and family?

Right?