"The inmates can learn a job and once released have a useable qualification for finding a job." It's one thing to learn a job, and another to waste a large par

"The inmates can learn a job and once released have a useable qualification for finding a job." It's one thing to learn a job, and another to waste a large part of your own life making other people rich. "And yes salaries are low, but they get free food and accomodation and aren't there for fun but punishment ... " So what's the point of punishment, exactly? Endless studies which have shown it's not an effective deterrent.