SadPoliwhirl

Yes, I understand, but you seem to be saying slightly conflicting things. You say that the rehabilitation process should start before they set foot in prison. But this implies that you still believe prison should even be a thing, and you stated that the main point of prison should be "punishment". My main point is, you seem to support a facility whose main goal is to "punish" prisoners, at least in some situations. Can you justify this, or dispute it?

Why should we punish people for crimes in the first place? The only thing that punishment does is make victims feel better. It satisfies their need to hurt those who have hurt them. But of course this only applies to violent offenders. What about the non-violent offenders? Often jail only serves to damage prisoners mentally, taking away years of their life that they will never get back. Personally, I think the concept of "punishment" is barbaric and a caveman way of thinking. Prisons should not exist in the form that they do. Look to Norway's prison system, with one of the lowest recurrence rates in the world. They are KNOWN for cushy prisons centered on rehabilitation.