Thank you, Quakers!
I was taught that this was there idea; that it was more humane to incarcerate, and ‘rehabilitate’ them, than to use many of the in vogue punishments of the day.
As for ‘banishment’, we can’t even banish the illegal invaders!
I thought long ago that the best solution to the recidivist trash is Coventry. Pick a few hundred square miles in some horrid western state (e.g., Utah, Nv, etc). Wall it with mines. Chopper in condemned with a couple days supply of food. And, that is it.
Live or die. No longer society’s problem.
Anyone escaping is fair game to anyone with a rifle. The only rule on that is that heads must be put on sticks along the “wall”.
How will a dirt poor 17 year old car thief pay for 2 cars? The victims will get little or nothing most of the time.
There may be a better solution… in PA we could just send them all to Bradock. I understand the town is a paradise since Fetterman rescued it. I’m sure all the convicted felons would thrive there!