Sounds wonderful in theory, until you realize that there are literally MILLIONS of convicted felons in the USA just dying to vote for the party promising to give them freebies and to tighten restrictions on the law's ability to deal with felons.
How many felons who have not learned the concept of personal responsibility manage to complete their parole without re-offending? How many felons who have managed to learn the concept of personal responsibility are going to vote Democrat?