 And it deters crime more effectively. You have a utilitarian argument for torturing someone for six months instead. The Catholic Church would, of course, be totally against this because we're not utilitarians. We don't just say, well, whatever you want to do to anyone, including prisoners, is fine as long as it produces good consequences. No, there are questions of fundamental human dignity, even for prisoners, perhaps especially for prisoners. If we take Jesus seriously, sometimes it's hard to do. In Matthew 25, visiting those in prison