I just wanted to make sure you understood that 'Murica can't be used as an example of your ideals, because it sorta sounded like you were trying to say you were in favor of what's going on.

Rehabilitation based prisons are more effective than punitive prisons anyways, so it becomes very difficult to argue that inhumane prisons are good for anything. I'm a victim, and don't believe my rapist should be tortured. If we had such a system, I would probably be even less inclined to report, because I don't think anybody deserves this pain, not even the people who perpetuate it.