Punishment of Children

In a chapter called punishment, you argue that the us. Imprisons too many people, and perhaps even worse, that prison conditions are often really poor, sometimes sub human. I'm sure that harsh treatment of children could be instrumentally effective, at least in the short term. But i think it's important, even if we could achieve something that achieve better deterrente and diminish bad behavior, i wouldn't be willing to do it at the price of treating human beings like animals.