Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch
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.
Sure, if you follow the american model,
trying to oppress and break down the prisoners so much they just don't dare to commit crimes again.
But if such system was successful, you'd turn all prisoners into mentally ill humans,
capable of doing nothing and those aren't very profitable to the society.
There are also alternative forms of fighting crime.
You can try to rehabilitate the prisoners and then help them get jobs when they get out.
A person with a job is a lot less likely to commit crimes,
since unemployment is the biggest cause of crime.