Prison is not as beneficial as other legal action

Thanks to Pro for the arguments. I would first like to point out that pro didn't rebut against any of my arguments for prison. He only tried to defend his arguments. My argument for prison stands strong. Because of this, I won't rehash or add to that argument. REBUTTALS "Even the hardcore criminals do not deserve to go to maximum security prison, they deserve death. why spend money on their lives when we just get rid of them from this earth?" So what you are basically saying is that any prisoner that would go to a maximum security prison should be sentenced to death instead. I completely disagree. This is forsaking a very large amount of the population (about 1/2 million). These prisoners have a chance at rehabilitation and reintegration into society. For a person that speaks so much against cruelty against prisoners, this is a very unusual and contradictory thing to say. "it sure would put them out of their misery, too" As I have previously shown, maximum security prisons aren't nearly as bad as my opponent makes them out to be. I would hardly call executing criminals "putting them out of their misery." "Two: Rapes do happen in minimum security prisons" I'm sure they do, but rapes also happen outside of any kind of prison. In round 1 you said the following, "with people that constantly rape you." Are you really proposing that inmates in minimum security prisons are "constantly" raped? If so, this is new to me, so I'm going to require some evidence for this wild claim. "Now, there are punishments, but does that unrape the victim?" What a naive thing to say. Of course punishments for this sort of crime don't literally "undo" the crime, but they can prevent it from happening again and deter others from doing the same. Funny, that's how the prison system itself works. Maybe that's why my opponent is so against this system. He doesn't seem to understand that punishments do more than deal justice, they deter future criminals. "And be honest, would you rather be whipped, or sent to prison?" It doesn't matter what the prisoner would rather have as his punishment. The prisoner would rather be taken out for and ice cream sundae for his crime, but he doesn't get his way. Simply flogging a prisoner does only 1/3 of what a prison system provides. It only deters future crimes. It doesn't provide immediate protection to society or help rehabilitate the prisoner, which prison provides. "For the criminal, they would prefer prison, as prison is like a home to them" Really now? I'm glad Pro is speaking for all the U.S. criminals. I'm sure they would appreciate you as their spokesman. "Nah, don't bother releasing them, prison is their home now, they feel very comfortable there. Being raped constantly and all, its their thing." (I don't think this ludicrous statement deserves a serious response) "an ordinary citizen would obviously prefer the whipping, as it only lasts 10 minutes." There is way too much speculation in that statement. We don't even know what kind of prison sentence Pro is talking about. I can't rebut against this statement because it holds no real substance. (Pro is eerily specific about the whipping though.) Pro did very little to rebut my arguments for prison and his defenses were relatively weak. He has not yet come close to proving his topic. Back to Pro.