@line never been in a prison have you ? Prison’s are full of offending it happen’s every day.( In fact some commit crime in order to get set down as they can make more money in side then out.) As it only happen’s behind closed door’s it’s ok? Massive over crowding + massive understaffing with violence like you can’t imagine , drugs , cuts in training , support program’s that are a joke, forced lock down’s up to 23 hours a day (so even if you can get training no staff to take you) thrown in = one hell of a mess , with little hope of help to get in better shape then when you went in. Some don’t even make it out in one piece or worse. It’s in everyone interest we get this right very few get locked up for life most come out at some point and no matter who you anyone can find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Restorative justice work’s and is effective I work in it and see it working every day. Some will never turn away from crime no matter what. But anything has to be better than just saying want’s the point. Offending is complex and hard to go into the real detail on here.
The one thing that’s much better than anything else is early intervention before they even get to committing crime but that cost’s, is complex and take’s time. But tell you this much when it work’s it make’s you want to do it all over again.