Because, beyond the conditions of detention, it is the absence of a future, even the hope for one, that demoralises those in detention.
We acknowledge this weakness but in the absence of knowledge of the future, the approach is useful for making policy decisions today, and, in this respect, is not different than any other funding or policy decisions made by governments.
Modelled on the enlargement process, it "does not work for countries that do not want close association with the EU, and the absence of the carrot of future membership frustrates those who do", writes Mr Lehne in his paper for Carnegie Europe, a think-tank.
The reasoning that one can distance oneself from future suffering only applies in the absence of forethought: future pain will hurt, in the future, and choosing to avoid the present pain does not make the overall suffering any less.
Other studies have found that sickness absence increases the future risk of disability pension [ 20, 21] and that sick leave lasting longer than three weeks is associated with poor self-reported health, physical complaints, low mental well-being and poor work ability [ 22].
A Treviso statement confirmed that the decision to leave the Pro12 was also taken because of "the absence of certainty about the future forms of organisation, participation and regulations" relating to the league.
No business wants to discount its calculations of the net present value of future income streams by the absence of a future.
Decrying what she perceives as a failure of the human imagination and an impoverishment of political institutions, Parr ruminates on the nature of change and existence in the absence of a future.
Absence of work is the future of humanity.
In the absence of POCT, future research is needed to develop alternative approaches (for example, modified and clinically adopted combinations of vital signs), which can be used as an equivalent to BD in the initial assessment of hypovolemic shock.
