I agree that prisoners are unfairly stereotyped, and that we employ systems in the US which set up negative feedback loops which almost guarantee recidivism. Th

I agree that prisoners are unfairly stereotyped, and that we employ systems in the US which set up negative feedback loops which almost guarantee recidivism. These should be dealt with. We should have better job training and counseling while inside, better education programs, better control over violence (if this is possible), and possibly wipe public records clean when certain criminals are released. With that being said, I personally believe that prison needs to have some sort of punishment aspect to it or people won't buy into it. If the general perception is that "justice" is not being served when crimes are committed, my guess is that extra-judicial reprisals will start to occur.