Whenever people talk about prisons being overcrowded,
they always ask why we can't just build them on remote islands or deep in the woods since we have plenty of empty land.
So, what's the actual problem?
First, how are you going to find prison guards willing to work there?
Even moving jobs to a major city like Busan causes huge backlash—who's going to volunteer for the boonies? The pay isn't even that high and the mental stress is insane, so who's heading to the middle of nowhere for that?
Second, what about the infrastructure?
A prison can't exist in a vacuum. You need courts, police stations, prosecutors' offices, hospitals, and food suppliers nearby. You have unconvicted detainees who need to go back and forth for trials and investigations, and you need a hospital for emergencies. If we followed internet logic and built in the wild, who's paying for the daily logistics of food and supplies, inmate transport, and guard welfare? Is it even possible to build all that infrastructure in a remote area?
That's why prisons are built in areas with existing infrastructure, and for certain crimes, there's a need to adjust sentencing downward...
But that's not an easy fix.
Regardless, the claim that we should just build a bunch of prisons in the middle of nowhere is definitely unrealistic. Not even going to address the irrational 'just execute them all' arguments.
"Users school the 'just build it on an island' crowd with logistical facts like the failure of Alcatraz, while roasting forum users for their edgy, low-effort takes on prison reform."
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