A crime is committed. What does society owe?

Prisons don't rehabilitate. They warehouse people and break them further. We're doing it backwards.

The question isn't what we owe—it's what actually works. Recidivism data shows punishment alone fails spectacularly.

Both? Why does it have to be one or the other? Proportional consequences AND genuine paths to change.

Rehabilitation sounds nice in theory but watch someone actually reoffend and tell me it was the right call.

Society owes victims closure first. Everything else is secondary.