I'm not against programs to help re-integration at all - I think those are good.

But I still think that people should receive sentences that are commensurate with justice - not just recidivism.

Give people the sentences they deserve, and work on social integration towards the end of their term and after their release.

I know only about Russian prisons from a documentary I saw (so very little) - and they seem crazy hard-core - a little too rough - also dominated by gangs, which is bad. 'Gang culture' in prison is bad thing, so is violence - I think having people in those types of conditions is 'cruel and unusual' punishment.

I think the regular notion of prison is reasonable: i.e. not 'club med' but also not 'gang-land/rape-land'. And social programs are fine I think.