> I don't really understand what the purpose of prisons is, and I don't think anyone else really does either. It's to remove known criminals and violent offend

> I don't really understand what the purpose of prisons is, and I don't think anyone else really does either. It's to remove known criminals and violent offenders from society. > Is it removing criminals from society altogether? In that case, there's a far more efficient way to do that. It's also irreversible.