This is their punishment. Lack of education, and job training is why many find themselves in prisons in the first place. It is the same reason that they end up returning to prison. Most people that go to prison are lost and confused and have little understanding of who they are in the first place. A system of justice that relies on punitive measures alone simply mount up the cost.
Lives lost to the revolving door is the price of crime that no one can afford.
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