Thoughts on life without parole

Probably the best remaining near uninhabited world island to turn into a world, low cost, multi nation, penal colony would be Weddel Island in the Falklands that is about 100 square miles thus large enough to support penal colonies from several nations. A chilly, often cloudy, windy marine climate, many inmates would not enjoy.

Inmates could first be put to work planting Patagonia native species trees and various construction projects for their own use. With modern greenhouse technology, they could grow their own foods. With plenty of wind, windmills could generate lots of power that could provide a base for technology uses to self support their isolated from the rest of us world. There would be a loss of wildlife, however the rest of the Faulkland Island archipelago is far more immense with a size of about Connecticut with over 700 islands to cover that loss. Shore fishing would be a recreational activity.
 

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David777 said:
Probably the best remaining near uninhabited world island to turn into a world, low cost, multi nation, penal colony would be Weddel Island in the Falklands that is about 100 square miles thus large enough to support penal colonies from several nations. A chilly, often cloudy, windy marine climate, many inmates would not enjoy.

Inmates could first be put to work planting Patagonia native species trees and various construction projects for their own use. With modern greenhouse technology, they could grow their own foods. With plenty of wind, windmills could generate lots of power that could provide a base for technology uses to self support their isolated from the rest of us world. There would be a loss of wildlife, however the rest of the Faulkland Island archipelago is far more immense with a size of about Connecticut with over 700 islands to cover that loss. Shore fishing would be a recreational activity.
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Didn’t the French try that with the Foreign Legion in control of the populace?
 
Indeed, in a technologically primitive era when control was difficult. Today could potentially be different. One can expect, an serious discussion would immediately result in push back from groups that prosper from the current proven broken system as well as evil organizations and criminals that would hate it.
 

Dr.Colosso said:
Why not force them to work and let em pay their own rent.
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Isn't (or wasn't) there a state prison in Texas that based their operation on that premise? And the Sheriff in charge caught all kinds of flack for it from state officials because hordes of people protested.

I think that was back in the 90s or early 2000s. And I remember that all the prisoners who were interviewed actually liked working for their keep, and defended that Sheriff (whose name I don't recall), and respected him.

I don't know if that prison is still operating the way that Sheriff set it up, or if he lost the battle.
 
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