Prison Should be an Incubator for the Qualities You Want Them to Have

   If we are to rehabilitate our prisoners, we should have them doing in prison the things we want them to do once they get out. Like working. Like treating each other with respect. Like supporting and caring for their families.
  Despite all the prison reform going on, I don't think this is even being touched. How about a prison where the prisoner puts in an eight-hour day, the same as he will need to once he leaves? How about a prison where you correct them when they treat each other roughly, where you encourage them to speak kindly of each other, and to help each other? How about a prison where the prisoner sends money home that he makes while serving time, a prison that keeps him abreast of how his family is doing, and encourages him to have daily visits from family members?
   Prison should be an incubator for the endeavors you want the prisoner to pursue once he leaves. It should be a place where he practices what you want him to become.