Clearly some of the people he describes don't belong in prison at all; some are more mad or sad than bad.

显然，他所描述的一些人也根本不该被监禁，有些人并不太坏，只是更疯狂一些或更沮丧一点。

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I can understand that, but I think it can create a vicious circle of crime, and of course you just pick up bad habits and mates in prison.

我可以理解他们，但是我认为这样造成了一种犯罪的恶性循环，而且一个人总会患上一些不好的习惯，然后进了监狱。

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Some people argue that the system works: that crime has fallen in the past two decades because the bad guys are either in prison or scared of being sent there.

一些人辩称这个系统很有效：在过去的二十年里犯罪率下降了，因为坏人不是已经被抓就是很害怕被抓。

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Prison spokesman Mark Vernarelli says most teens who visit come to understand what even one bad decision can mean.

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