should heroin addicts be sent to prison?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No, I don't see how that helps anyone. Compulsory treatment, yeah, sure, but not prison. No.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Absolutely Not.. not least of all due to the need of protecting other prisoners.

While I also say no, that's a really stupid reason. You could say the same thing about sociopaths or people rather prone to extreme violent outbursts, does that mean they belong on the outside instead?

I suppose one difference is that there are a lot more junkies out there than nutters and that the threat nutters pose to other prisoners is more obvious to their fellow nutters in prison administration.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why? What for?

The main reason is to keep them out of sight, isn't it.