Was this sentencing tactic a way to increase recidivism and guarantee a larger prison population? Because if you slap someone’s name on the sex-offender registry, that dramatically reduces their ability to be employed post incarceration, which if they have served their time, they should be able to pursue a life beyond what they were before.
There should be investigations on the judges that allowed this in the first place.
The point of incarceration should be rehabilitation and not punishment for punishment’s sake.