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 On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:47:34 +0100, JNugent  wrote: 
  
 >On 27/08/2025 03:20 PM, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 > 
 >> JNugent  wrote: 
 >>> On 20/08/2025 03:52 PM, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>> No, I'm saying that prison isn't necessarily the best fallback option 
 for 
 an 
 >>>> unpaid fine. 
 >> 
 >>> OK. 
 >> 
 >>> What SHOULD be the fallback option - bearing in mind that it has to be 
 >>> more strict / harsh / robust than the fine was? 
 >> 
 >> I don't think there has to be a single fallback option. But community 
 >> service is, for most people, more harsh than a fine. 
 > 
 >Is that why they default on fines - so that they may be punished more 
 >harshly? 
  
 Fines are income. Every other form of punishment costs money to impose. 
  
 Mark 
  
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