For instance, there was a rule when Johnny went to prison that the only people who could come to visit were people you had known for the six months before you went into prison. Great, that lets you see all of your crime partners. We grow as people by meeting new people. There's one study that shows a lower rate of recidivism occurs among inmates who have conjugal visits. But that's looked upon as this liberal idea of giving a cushy life to prisoners.
Society is a social institution.
You have to interact with other individuals.