Good point, Nicole!

There must be some reasons behind such anit-social behaviors and we certainly would be wise to make a greater effort in finding those reasons and trying to correct them. We are not doing that. Qutie the opposite in that we lock folks up in a very hostile environmnet and if they weren't anti-social when they go in, you can bet they will be when they come out...

Another good point, troll...

The system certainly does not go far enought to compensate the victims. Heck, the United States goverment spends lots of money to to companies that supply office equipment, paper, automobiles, ect. Why not turn prisons into manufacturing plants thru a public/private partnership? Instead of the private end of the partnership paying the inmate, the money goes to the victim or families of the victim?

Also, back to Nicole's thoughts. What is possible is a prison that makes a concerted effort to take the terror out of incarceration, inject a level of humanity, and work toward an end of *habilitation* or *rehabilitation*... Then when folks are released they come out better prepared to cope with the real world...

Like I've said before, Einstein said that "Insanity is repeating a behavior and expecting different results". What we're seeing now isn't working with the highest incarceration percentage of and industrialized country on Earth...

Bobert