Introduce prison programs that create better people not criminals. Make it mandatory to separate prisoners by the severity of the prisoner's crime , and length of time to serve.
Why is this important?
I have seen lives destroyed by just a few months in prison. Going to prison in America is just going into a hornets nest. People are forced to become Racist , Predators , and overly aggressive humans to survive prison. It is hard to adjust back to society when you have lived under the harsh circumstances of the American prison system.
