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what about the remote island concept..like australia was for hardened criminals

Nope, any place where they could survive, they could escape from. Mexican drug dealers can bring in helicopters, boats, or a private army to get their people off the islands.

There should be four forms of prisons. The first tier are work camps for car thieves and white collar criminals. The non violent type who can probably be reformed. They can paint bridges, repair potholes, or raise turnips to pay for their crimes. Do a good job an early release. Screw up and you move to one of the higher tiers

Second tier is what we would look at today as maximum security. You are in this range because you are violent, dangerous, or have gang connections. However they are not lifers so some effort may be made to reform them. If they show promise they can be moved to tier one. If they screw up they get moved to tier three

Tier Three: The warehouse for the condemned. If you are in this tier you aren't getting out and we aren't worried about reforming you. The goal is simply to prevent escape and spend as little money as possible. Locked in a concrete box 23 hours a day works just fine. If they go crazy, who cares.

Tier four involves a bullet and a hole in the ground.