if the taxpayers that were funding then at $18,000 a year to incarcerate criminals actually had to pay the full amount of the damage due to crime, they would then incarcerate criminals--more of them and longer because it would be a better return on their investment.
Arguing for longer incarceration based on the true cost of crime.
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