Gentlemen, I present the ultimate solution to crime.

Gladiatorial fighting.

After all, the money made from people watching the fights can be used to maintain the arena's and pay for food and such. The prisoners in the arena contribute meaningfully to society by fighting one another for our entertainment, and give the gladiators a chance to earn their freedom.

Sounds perfect to me.

caek you're a genius! Why didn't I think of that?

Don't worry though
With your death sentence, you also get
A special meal!

The idea was to get murderers off the streets and kill them, not giving them the opportunity to come back with a free pass.

Why does this make me sad?
I dunno. The "this is the end" vibe gets to me. I like it in movies/stories though. Really gripping.

Naw, gladiatorial combat would be nice.
Just make sure nobody wins, can't be that hard. I mean, people die in prison all the time, one win a way from victory or not....

That said prisons aren't scary enough, random beatings and hard "unpaid" labour would be nice.

What do you mean "unpaid"? I mean, are we gonna SCRETLU give them money or something? Elaborate.

Well, they'll be paying their own food and bed. So it's not exactly unpaid.

No work, no food.

And more beatings and/or injecting them with massive doses of pcp and then Waterboarding them.

Although that could become a vicious cycle.