Should Flogging be Brought Back?

Flogging was a very painful punishment used many many years ago to punish men and women instead of sending them to prison. It was first abolished for women only in the 1770’s, but was later abolished entirely by 1862. It was a gruesome punishment that was usually public and didn’t last long but the pain surely did. Flogging could literally rip your back open and you could be in horrible pain up to a week. I guess they figured if they did this to a criminal or felon that they wouldn’t do what it was they did anymore. The question at hand is should this be brought back to America for criminals instead of sending them to jail or prison? It could always just make things worse than they already are. Take a serial killer for instance, you catch them, then you flog them. Studies show that most serial killers come from a broken or abusive homes, so I don’t think flogging would be the best solution for them.