Not to get too tangential, but there was something called the Auburn System[1] which, well, seemed pretty effective from what I've understood. Both in the sense

Not to get too tangential, but there was something called the Auburn System[1] which, well, seemed pretty effective from what I've understood. Both in the sense that it was so undesirable to be there, and also that obtaining a working skill would increase a person's utility on the outside. Not that some of the methods used aren't essentially torture, but the silence factor has me very intrigued. Part of me is pretty interested in this subject and a little familiar because a former associate of mine wrote an incredible - if not authoritative - thesis on the prisons in the Antebellum south before the Civil War. I learned a lot about the subject by proxy, and it's quite apparent to me modern society has pretty much ignored any and all lessons that could be relevant from that part of history. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_system