In the U.S.? Not much. Some, such as Loïc Wacquant, don't really see a distinction between being in prison and not for some people: > The 'hyperghetto' constit

In the U.S.? Not much. Some, such as Loïc Wacquant, don't really see a distinction between being in prison and not for some people: > The 'hyperghetto' constitutes the fourth stage in the development of 'peculiar institutions', following (sequentially) slavery, Jim Crow, and the early ghettos. According to him, the ghetto and the prison are for all practical purposes indistinguishable, reinforcing each other to ensure the exclusion of African-Americans from general society, with governmental encouragement. There are some attempts at what is called 'restorative justice' in certain situations in certain places, but the idea of prison as being rehabilitative is not on the mind of the public.