Completely agree. There seems to be much more focus on punishing people than changing them into productive members of society.
Sure, there are cases where people will never be able to integrate and that can be dealt with. But there is so much cognitive surplus being wasted here.
We need all hands on deck for the coming decades. We need to grow up.
We need a prison system that is designed to teach prisoners how to effectively reintegrate with society and provides the mental help that they need instead of one that just perpetuates the cycle.