The rehabilitation ideology of the Left was intended to grow a new bureaucracy to consume money out of our hides. Their theory is these criminals, with enough government attention given to them, can change their lives to good. The problem with that is the rehabilitation now is done in the prisons where the population reinforces the criminal mindset and undoes whatever change was accomplished. For rehabilitation to work, it needs to be done away from the criminal environment and introduce the power of the Lord Jesus Christ into their lives.