On the contrary, countries with better prisons have better rehabilitation rates and lesser criminals in general, Netherlands and Scandinavia are shining proofs.
Autonomy means Mages will run themselves, they will sell enchantments and magical services and build circles however they like with their own money. Templars are just there to protect the circle and keep mages confined. For example if mages decide to have a dance party, Templars have no say in it as long as mages are confined.
Yes because mages have kings standarts and we saw how nice it worked blood mage on blood mage and constant disasters.
And pretty much what i said mage have more power and more freedom and by that even greater chance to get away with things like orsino and many other mages.
Tightening the leash will work for a time but soon the cycle will start over again. Im not saying that mages need to have full freedom(circles are a must aswell as templars) but treating people like criminals arbitrarly without due process add even more problems
You have to treat mages like criminals as you lock them anyway unless you want free them but as you said you don't.It wouldn't if circles were effective in controling mages sadly they aren't mages have far more freedom and privileges than criminals in prisons even in our times.So yeah threating them like criminals and proper security measures appropriate to danger that mages are would work sadly it isn't in case mages have too much freedom and power and because that they become corrupted.
We still have no proof that Uldered was the one who summoned the pride demon, it could have been one of his allies for all we know.
Gray Wardens also travel a lot and their numbers aren't as great as they once was the Circle is always there with mages in it (at least it was) also where do you think the Gray wardens get most of their mages from?
The circle in Ferelden was isolated in the middle of a lake and what harm that happened only happened to the circle, What happened in Kirkwall were Meredith and Anders fault. Situations like say Conner is rare, even situations like what happened Ferelden and Kirkwall are also very rare Ferelden had a blight and Kirwall are special place.
Lambert was Lord Seeker who failed to pick up what Meredith misused her power in Kirkwall which is his primary mission is to make Templars doesn't misuse their power.
You seem to forget Lambert wasn't/isn't a Templar, he would most likely be a good templar, but as Seeker he sucks..
He summoned demon so well figure youreslf and pretty much doesn't change point i was talking about.
They have wardens that perform certain positions from everywhere apostates and circle mages they recruit blood mages as well pretty sure they don't train mages to be blood mages in circle and say "oh boy you will be grey warden i predict so i will teach you blood magic"... So no blood magic isn't circle thing it is grey warden thing...
I don't know for example uldred was gathering army of abomnations pretty much hefty could happen if not the warden.Not rly most blood mages were power hungry but of course lets blame templars even quentin was templar fault well because they are templar it is always their fault... I rly grow tired to pro-mages talking that disasters caused by mages are rare when practically we could sink in the examples of them causing it.
And the warden and alistair were guys who broke neutrality rule and yet that was sane thing to do being lawful stupid hardly is smart way meredith practically didn't anything bad outside upseting some nobles because they wanted power she used seat to bring order and that was her goal as well templars to control mages and ensure safety.
Seekers are pretty much templars in all but name but pretty much even before lamber took seat all they did is hunting mages and protecting chantry from conspiracy.