Sorry, I didn't realize it was everybody else's responsibility to make sure convicts got jobs.

The prisons system isn't obligated to find them jobs, or help them when they get out. What they're supposed to do is make prison a place nobody wants to go to, an actual punishment, and then there would be less repeat offenders. This ain't too difficult to figure out, people. Just like ShunNakamura said, stricter, more harsh prisons may be looked down upon, but they work. They're extremely effective, and history proves that. Look at "Tent City"...can't remember what county it's in, but I think it's in AZ?

The problem with criminals isn't that they can't find jobs. It's that they're not afraid of doing what they did to get into prison in the first place. And if they're not afraid of going back to prison--if they're not afraid to the point that they would never want to even get a parking ticket--then the prison system isn't doing it's job.

By the way...not every criminal is only stealing so he can feed his family, you know. In fact, all of them have some alternative, even if that's their excuse.