First a judge ordered a man to write a book report, and now Brazil is offering inmates sentence reductions for every book they read. When did reading shift from pleasure to punishment?
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Reading As Punishment
By Nick Moran posted at 11:00 am on June 27, 2012 4
at 11:38 am on June 27, 2012
Wow – not punishment but rehabilitation of the highest order!
at 1:31 pm on June 27, 2012
I have to agree with Meredith. Being rewarded for doing something doesn’t really sound like punishment. Rather it sounds more like a reward for putting real effort into their own rehabilitation.
at 1:42 pm on June 27, 2012
Sounds like a fabulous idea to me. Wouldn’t reading & writing book reports be a great alternative to solitary confinement?
at 1:53 pm on June 27, 2012
I don’t see the sentence reduction as a punishment, but as an inducement to better themselves.
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