Honor camps and state farms send a lenient message. Offenders who serve the full duration or their sentences only at these facilities do not get the full impact of prison, crime, and punishment. One suggestion, is to send offenders to the highest security facilities in the initial parts of their sentences before transition them to lower security. For a duration of their sentences, take all privileges and comforts, then slowly transition them to lower security and added privileges as they approach release. This will establish appreciation for freedoms and their responsibilities and the willingness to abide by the laws that govern those freedoms.
Many offenders fit the criteria for never being released from maximum security.
Offenders must be punished not promoted.