Regardless of time served, do federal prosecutors not realize what the scarlet letter of a FELONY carved on your chest does to your ability to lead a normal lif

Regardless of time served, do federal prosecutors not realize what the scarlet letter of a FELONY carved on your chest does to your ability to lead a normal life? Coupled with occasionally absurd bans from using/owning a computer or similar device for years (see: Kevin Mitnick) for anyone seen as a 'hacker', this absolutely destroys a person's life. I can't imagine how hard finding an apartment in SF (already hard) becomes if you have to disclose that you're a convicted felon with time spent.