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Content: Purpose
There are four main ideas about what prisons should be used for: Rehabilitation: Prisons should be places that turn the prisoners into good people. Deterrence: People should be scared by the thought of going to prison, so they will not want to commit crimes. Incapacitation: Locking criminals up stops them from committing more crimes. Retribution: By forcing them to spend time in prison, society is taking revenge against people who break the law. Pre-trial detention
A person who has been charged with a crime, but has not yet been convicted for it in a court, may be sent to prison if: