Well, that’s certainly one way to interpret it. Another way is that the point of prison is to separate someone from society, not to put them in physical harm. If an accountant embezzles from his employer, he should do time, but maybe surrounded by other accountants and not armed robbers.

I’m not talking about just Holmes here, but about prisons in general. It’s not supposed to be fun, but neither is it meant to support a collective revenge fantasy.