[escapefromboston]

Maybe I'm going soft but once they have served their time that should be the end of it (more or less).
I assume most people would rather work than go to jail but if they can't get a job after serving their time what are they going to do? Become a permanent ward of the state? Thats just as bad as keeping them locked up.

If they can't be trusted, don't let them out of jail.

[RipSawyer]

Maybe the first step should be to wipe about ninety percent or even more of the laws off the books and concentrate on the things that really matter. The current system is designed to make everyone a lawbreaker and I guarantee that we all are. Those who imagine themselves to be “law abiding” are living in a fantasy world and on top of all that we have one of the world’s worst unindicted felons running for president. How did we get to the point that a person who could never pass a background check to be a security guard can be president or chief justice?