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This book proposed putting people to work as an alternative to severe physical punishments like killing or cutting off hands, suggesting benefits such as deterrence and rehabilitation.
And a guy named Thomas Moore wrote a book called Utopia. And he said, there's a better way, people. There's an alternative to just killing people or cutting off their hands. What if we just put them t...
— Episode: The Brutal History of Prison Labor
Episode: The Brutal History of Prison Labor
This book proposed putting people to work as an alternative to severe physical punishments like killing or cutting off hands, suggesting benefits such as deterrence and rehabilitation.
And a guy named Thomas Moore wrote a book called Utopia. And he said, there's a better way, people. There's an alternative to just killing people or cutting off their hands. What if we just put them to work?