I find it good. So magistrates are constrained by capacity. Of course I'd prefer they don't fill up French prisons at 125%.
If we build more prisons, we'll fill them up. US is now famously known for having more people in jail than Stalin's gulags [1]. I quite appreciate France's leniency with penalties, because I'm not sure 3 months or 3 years is really different, apart from further distorting the social network of the inmate.
Your point is well-taken and I agree insofar as the solution is not to build more prisons.
My point is simply that not punishing people isn't a viable solution, either. France has the same problem as the US (too many people incarcerated) and an equally bad solution (stop incarcerating altogether).
I find it good. So magistrates are constrained by capacity. Of course I'd prefer they don't fill up French prisons at 125%.
If we build more prisons, we'll fill them up. US is now famously known for having more people in jail than Stalin's gulags [1]. I quite appreciate France's leniency with penalties, because I'm not sure 3 months or 3 years is really different, apart from further distorting the social network of the inmate.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_St...