White Bear: What is Justice?

The episode of Black Mirror labeled as White Bear, tells of a story of a park that was made to punish criminals in the form of public entertainment. The main character of the episode, the criminal, would undergo a day without her memory, safety, or any understanding of where she is. She would be placed in a house where many symbols would be placed on every screen in the house in order to shock her mind in providing questionable if not false memories. As the day continues she will roam around a neighborhood of people of whom will not speak to her directly or do anything within interaction with her except for record her with their phones. Doing this will give the atmosphere an eerie and deranged vibe in order to discomfort her. As the day passes someone would track her down with a gun in order to put fear in her of death. A person would then appear to assist her in getting away from this sudden threat until the very end of the day when they reach an auditorium within the park. At this point, all at once, trust, her false safety, and her sanity would be stripped away from her. She will be told of who she is and what she has done and people will begin to chant "murderer! murderer!" until she is brought back to the house she started in. By then she will have been through more than she could take so she will be wiped from her memories in a torturous manner until morning where everything can then repeat.

In the world of this story, this is how they bring justice. However, the crime of which she is convicted of is exactly what the bystanders of the amusement park are doing: watching and recording as torture is taken place. Is repeating the action of which a criminal has done back to them and finding amusement in it truly justice? If this were to be the case then death is merely a mercy. Despite the possible result of a decrease in crimes, this strays far away from moral obligations and reality. But it then arises the question of should we see criminals differently? What if this was done to the worst of criminals? Would we feel any different? Would be more pleased with this on any other terrible person? If so would that make us just as terrible?