by OldGuy » 30 Aug 2024, 21:14
If you look back in real history, I think England came up with the best option. Convicts were rounded up and sent away to a remote island to create their own society. Most there were simply criminals who had to deal with their own kind. At the time, it was nearly impossible for them to travel back and cause more trouble. Thing is, that remote island was Australia. Chances are pretty high everyone there now has criminals in their ancestry.
So if I had such power, I would seek out the most remote hole on the planet that I could find and send the criminals there instead of jail or the death penalty. Make sure there is no way they could ever escape. Maybe a Gilligan's Island kind of remote place out in the middle of the ocean and send them all there to deal with "No boat, no plane, no motorcar, not a single luxury...".