Slavery. What do you think? Bring it back or leave it alone?

Yes excellent plan WeenitsMom and lets start with child abusers. Use these "men and women" if that's what they deserve to be called, as slaves and I mean use them as slaves. If this became the way of life and this was our justice system, I believe after the first 20 or so people would think twice. Our law here in Canada and I'm sure in other parts of the world is way too relaxed and layed back.

Several years ago my state considered inmates to be slaves of the state. The prison system had to stop that practice though because of the civil rights laws. Then they used work release to farmers and some of the higher ranking staff had houseboys that would mow the grass and do general cleanup. At that time the prison involved was called a Training Center and was intended to teach job skills and provide work experience. Work release and off site jobs were limited to the inmates who were considered to be low risk. Most of that has now changed, the Training Center is now a Correctional Center and the only work release is road cleanup crews who are supervised by staff. Although the idea may seem good, in todays Civil Rights climate it would never work. The ACLU would have a field day with something like that. The only other thing that comes to mind is Community Service, but that is normally reserved for lesser crimes.