The purpose of prison should be to rehabilitate or, if necessary, to remove unrehabilitatable people from society. Treating the purpose of prison as punishment

The purpose of prison should be to rehabilitate or, if necessary, to remove unrehabilitatable people from society. Treating the purpose of prison as punishment gets you higher recidivism and more overall crime. Compare the 83% recidivism rate in the US [1] to the 20% recidivism rate in Scandinavian countries [2]. [1]: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6266 https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6266 [2]: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/not-the-worst-but-not-norway-us-prisons-vs-other_b_59b0772ae4b0c50640cd646d https://www.huffpost.com/entry/not-the-worst-but-not-norway-...