"PRISON, SHOULD BE SUCH, THAT ONE WOULD NEVER WANT TO SPEND A SECOND TIME THERE"
How we need this enforced in all penal institutions in the United States (where currently 2% of our US population resides, many of them on their third or fourth stay there!).
When I was a kid, about 5 or 6, (back in 1958 or thereabouts), my 8 and 10 year old brother and I vandalized a house under construction. The studs and exterior sheathing was up, but not the drywall. We spread some roofing tar we found around the inside. I think we may have broken a window.
It was a small town, and people figured out who did it. A couple of the local cops showed up at the front door, confronted us, and told mom and dad what had happened. Mom said, "Well, I guess you've got to take them away." Off we went in the squad car to the station, where we were tossed into the holding cell and locked up for a couple of hours. Scared the piss out of us. Never did anything like that again. I supposed these days most surburban kids' parents would hire a lawyer and sue for injuring our self-esteem and violating our civil rights without due process, but thankfully my parents were of sterner stuff. My guess is that the cops called up first and arranged this.