I suggest that we reform our prison model. Instead of simply locking criminals up, we should put them in a controlled setting. In this controlled setting there will be a list of rules, obvious ones and mundane ones. The basic state of a criminal in this system shall be solitary confinement. If the criminal can go a specific time without breaking any of the rules, his rights in the prison system are incrementally increased, such as getting a telivision, the amount of time the prisoner can watch it etc...
If the prisoner breaks the rules, his rights are incrementally decreased until he's back at solitary confinement. Hopefully we can try and teach them to follow stupid rules, and if they can follow stupid rules, hopefully they'll follow the important ones.
This isn't a foolproof method. And we'd have to test it out first with a limited poulation. But it's better than what we're doing now. There's no 100% sure way to "cure" criminal behavior. But unless we just want to lock everyone up for life we should try reform. I think they do something like this in Denmark already.
Also, there should be a period after prison, maybe as long as the prison sentence itself or during parole, in which they will be have to go to weekly group therapy or be put back into prison. I believe group therapy has been proven effective at reducing recividism in a number of antisocial actions, as kumayaish as it may sound. If it works I'm for it.
