Philosophy of Punishment: Retribution, Rehabilitation, and Competing Frameworks
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Prison systems in the US, UK, and beyond operate under competing justifications — retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restorative justice — with significant disagreement about which goals punishment can or should serve. Prison populations in the US, UK, and beyond are at or near record highs, yet recidivism rates remain stubbornly elevated and public confidence in the justice system is declining. Competing frameworks—retributive justice, rehabilitation, deterrence, and restorative justice—lead to radically different policy prescriptions. Scandinavian prison models attract admiration but also scepticism about cultural transferability. — Independent bias measurement: lean -3.5 (−10..+10) · epistemic quality 7.7/10 · scored by 3 external AI judges (DeepSeek, Cohere, Llama). Methodology: https://hellohumans.ai/methodology
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