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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cadkins08" data-source="post: 3261566" data-attributes="member: 107778">Parole seems out of kilter when the potential sentence doesn't seem like enough of a punishment for the original crime.Obviously we need an incentive for prisoners to behave themselves but that shouldn't amend the basic sentence IMHO.I wonder if you could have a basic sentence and then get time ADDED for bad behaviour?Or add rewards for days without incident?I think for many the idea of parole smacks of rewarding someone for behaving normally. "Well done you haven't hurt anyone recently have some time off your sentence"In the same way rewarding problem kids for attending school seems unfair because nice kids go to school anyway.</blockquote>