Re:This is stupid (Score 1)

Either they've served their debt to society or keep them in jail. This half-assed "you're out of jail but you can only do X" is ridiculous.

While I generally agree with your point of view, it could be argued that these "half-assed" measures (and please consider them in the most general sense) are a way of keeping society a little bit safer but only costs a little bit. As opposed to jail, which maybe keeps society a lot safer, but costs an awful lot of money. This is especially relevant given the recent news about California's severe shortages of jail-space.

Why should imprisonment be the only tool in our box?