How do we help society reintegrate its prisoners?

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Ideally, I’d like to see more focus on rehabilitation. I’d like to see people who are jailed on drug offenses put through treatment programs, and just let the potheads go. That may be a different subject, entirely, though. I think that there should be more programs aimed specifically at keeping the mentally ill out of prison, since their needs are often unique compared to other prisoners, and often put them at risk of being repeat offenders. I’d also like to see the death penalty abolished and I’d like to see solitary confinement drastically modified, I’m not even sure that I believe it should ever be used. I don’t think solitary confinement should ever be used with juveniles or prisoners who are diagnosed with mental illness. Is this vision realistic? Probably not.

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