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Chapter 99 consists of the one sentence alone.

Out of a prison that tortures you infinitely...

One important role of a criminal justice system is rehabilitation. Another, according to some, is retribution. Those in Azkaban suffer from perhaps the most of awful forms of retribution. Dementation renders a person incapable of rehabilitation. Consider this if-then argument: If: * Justice is served without error (which is not true) * The only purpose for criminal justice is retribution Then: Azkabanian punishment is rational. Otherwise, assuming there are other ways to protect society from the person, it is irrational to dement people. Speaking broadly, putting aside the fictional word of Azkaban, there is an argument that suggests retribution for its own sake is wrong. It is simple: inflicting suffering is wrong, all other things equal. Retribution makes sense only to the extent it serves as a deterrent.