Prison shouldn't be used for punishment, prison should be used for rehabilitation. It's a lesson almost every other 1st world country seems to understand. How

Prison shouldn't be used for punishment, prison should be used for rehabilitation. It's a lesson almost every other 1st world country seems to understand. How well a convicted criminal is treated directly correlates to how likely he is to commit another crime after he is released. The US have some of the worst recidivism rates, which is another reason for those large numbers of prison inhabitants in the US.