Who's this "society" and how has it managed to have free will? If someone can't "decide" to slap their neighbor in the face and is determined to do that, why c

Who's this "society" and how has it managed to have free will? If someone can't "decide" to slap their neighbor in the face and is determined to do that, why can't the same reasoning be applied to society? Society didn't freely choose to lock someone up, it was determined to do so.