I see. Let’s just open up all the prisons and give the inmates warning tickets. Never need to use anything more than time outs. If the inmates continue to commit crime, it must be because they just don’t understand. /s
Many instances of children misbehaving are simply out of rebellion to legitimate authority. When the authority manifests it is impotent, there is no enforcement of the law.
No need to open the prisons. Punishment is so effective they’re simply revolving doors with prisoners returning year after year.