I don't disagree, especially since we clarified that the Real monstrous people aren't the topic. Because they will lie, cheat, steal, and farm empathy while doing heinous shit.
As to your point. Inmate reintegration is extremely important. The program we talked about earlier, kind of a center before release. They have food and board but they pay rent and set up their future.
Every state should offer this as part of sentencing. You can't just kick a criminal out on his ass with $300 bucks to his name and hope for the best. You need to teach them some cognitive restructuring exercises.
Our leaders are failing us in education. They are failing us in prison and the lack of positive reform; instead they actively choose exploitation. Treasonous. They are failing us with the economy and shipping out our jerbs. Now AI is coming. It's a perfect storm.